Market Cross, High Street, Dingwall is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Monument.

Market Cross, High Street, Dingwall

WRENN ID
patient-chancel-soot
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NH 549 587
Coordinates
57.59544, -4.42844
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Dingwall dates back to the 16th or 17th century. It features a chamfered stone shaft set on a square base, with small stops at the top. The octagonal finial shows remnants of incised star patterns.

Local climate

Market Cross, High Street, Dingwall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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