Nelson's Monument, Cluny Hills, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Tower. 2 related planning applications.

Nelson's Monument, Cluny Hills, Forres

WRENN ID
ruined-window-heron
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Tower
Address
Nelson's Monument, Cluny Hills, Forres, IV36 2RD
OS grid reference
NJ 044 590
Coordinates
57.6114, -3.60083
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Nelson's Monument, located in Cluny Hills, Forres, was designed by Charles Stewart in 1806 and restored after a fire by John Forrest in 1900. This tall octagonal tower stands approximately 70 feet high and features harled walls with ashlar margins. It has simple Gothic windows and a door, along with a corbelled and crenellated parapet, spout gargoyles, and a flagstaff. Four plaques on the monument commemorate the Battle of The Nile (1798), the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), and note that the tower was built through public subscription.

Local climate

Nelson's Monument, Cluny Hills, Forres receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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