Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 February 1986. Monument.

Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
keen-belfry-thistle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 February 1986
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 602 670
Coordinates
55.87611, -4.23578
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Martyrs' Monument, located in Sighthill Cemetery on Springburn Road in Glasgow, was erected in 1847 through public subscription to honor John Baird and Andrew Hardie, who were executed in Stirling in September 1820 for their fight for freedom. This classical monument features a tall pedestal with a bellcast cap that supports a draped urn, all standing on a raised plinth approximately 5 meters high, made of grey sandstone. Each face of the plinth has inscribed panels, and one side of the pedestal showcases a relief sculpture depicting a classical scene.

Local climate

Martyrs' Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, 225 Springburn Road, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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