Martyr's Grave, Upper Wellwood is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 November 1979. Grave.
Martyr's Grave, Upper Wellwood
- WRENN ID
- moated-portal-stoat
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 November 1979
- Type
- Grave
- OS grid reference
- NS 672 255
- Coordinates
- 55.50581, -4.10346
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Martyr's Grave, also known as Adam's Stone, is a fallen headstone located within a railed enclosure at Upper Wellwood.
Local climate
Martyr's Grave, Upper Wellwood sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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