Monument To First Duke Of Sutherland, Beinn A' Bhragaidh is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1971.
Monument To First Duke Of Sutherland, Beinn A' Bhragaidh
- WRENN ID
- tenth-obsidian-woodpecker
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NC 814 009
- Coordinates
- 57.9816, -4.00654
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The monument to the First Duke of Sutherland, designed by Sir Francis Chantrey, was erected in 1837. It stands on Beinn A' Bhragaidh and comprises a colossal statue of the Duke upon an octagonal plinth, which itself sits on a square ashlar pedestal. The monument is a dominant landmark visible above Golspie. Further information can be found in Robert Gunnis’ Dictionary of British Sculptors.
Local climate
Monument To First Duke Of Sutherland, Beinn A' Bhragaidh receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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