Fishermens' Monument, Old Harbour, Dunbar is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Monument. 2 related planning applications.
Fishermens' Monument, Old Harbour, Dunbar
- WRENN ID
- odd-sill-hyssop
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Fishermens' Monument, Old Harbour, Dunbar, EH42 1HS
- OS grid reference
- NT 681 791
- Coordinates
- 56.0041, -2.51284
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Fishermen's Monument, located at the Old Harbour in Dunbar, was built in 1856 and stands on the southeast corner of the inner basin. It is made of ashlar and rendered and painted block, measuring approximately 15 feet high and 9 feet 7 inches wide, resting on a pedestal that is 1 foot 10 inches tall. The sides and rear of the monument are channelled.
The monument features a relief of a fisherman leaving his family, which is made of painted plaster and set in a recess. This relief was created in 1861 by A Handyside Ritchie. There is a niche below the relief that was intended to hold a mercury barometer in a wooden case, made by Alexander Adie and Son, but this is currently missing. The monument is adorned with a festoon of shell-work and seaweed surrounding the dedication inscription.
Local climate
Fishermens' Monument, Old Harbour, Dunbar receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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