Lochgoyn Monument is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Monument.
Lochgoyn Monument
- WRENN ID
- broken-pillar-lichen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NS 528 469
- Coordinates
- 55.69362, -4.34304
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Lochgoyn Monument is an obelisk dedicated to John Howie, the author of "Scots Worthies".
Local climate
Lochgoyn Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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