Martyr's Grave, Priesthill is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 November 1979. Monument.

Martyr's Grave, Priesthill

WRENN ID
endless-finial-larch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 November 1979
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 730 314
Coordinates
55.56045, -4.01474
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Martyr's Grave at Priesthill marks the site where John Brown was shot by Claverhouse in 1685, witnessed by his wife and family.

Local climate

Martyr's Grave, Priesthill 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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