Archbishop Sharp Memorial, Magus Muir is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 October 1984.
Archbishop Sharp Memorial, Magus Muir
- WRENN ID
- grey-ashlar-pigeon
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1984
- OS grid reference
- NO 456 151
- Coordinates
- 56.32561, -2.88097
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Memorial to Five Covenanters, located at Magus Muir, was built in 1877 by John Whyte-Melville and restored in the late 20th century. It features an inscribed upright stone slab with a double-sequential head, set within a rectangular enclosure that has parapet walls, a rusticated cope, and cast-iron railings. The inscription commemorates Thomas Brown, James Wood, Andrew Sword, John Weddell, and John Clyde, who were martyred on Magus Muir for their commitment to the Word of God and Scotland's Covenanted work of Reformation.
Additionally, the Archbishop Sharp Memorial, also constructed in 1877 by John Whyte-Melville and restored in the late 20th century, consists of a rubble pyramidal monument with an inset granite rectangular tablet that features a Latin inscription in relief letters.
Local climate
Archbishop Sharp Memorial, Magus Muir receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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