Battlefield Monument, Battle Place, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Monument.

Battlefield Monument, Battle Place, Glasgow

WRENN ID
long-entrance-ebony
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 578 617
Coordinates
55.82769, -4.27054
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Battlefield Monument, located at Battle Place in Glasgow, was designed by architect Alexander Skirving and erected in 1887. This monument commemorates the battle of Langside, which took place on May 13, 1568, where a force led by the Regent Moray defeated the troops of Mary Queen of Scots. The monument features an elaborately spiraled shaft that stands on a stepped and rusticated square plinth, topped with a lion. The stone was cleaned and restored in March 1987, as noted on a plaque.

Local climate

Battlefield Monument, Battle Place, 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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