David Macbeth Moir Memorial, Mall Avenue, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. Statue.

David Macbeth Moir Memorial, Mall Avenue, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
turning-obsidian-bistre
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NT 342 725
Coordinates
55.9419, -3.05449
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The David Macbeth Moir Memorial, located on Mall Avenue in Musselburgh, is a full-length sandstone statue created in 1853 by sculptor Alexander Handyside Ritchie. The statue stands on a tall ashlar pedestal, which features a truncated obelisk design. It is set on a two-step base with a plinth that bears a commemorative plaque.

Local climate

David Macbeth Moir Memorial, Mall Avenue, Musselburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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