Duchess Of Gordon's Monument, Whiteash Hill is a Grade C listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1988. Monument.

Duchess Of Gordon's Monument, Whiteash Hill

WRENN ID
high-hall-rain
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 March 1988
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NJ 373 574
Coordinates
57.60296, -3.05065
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Duchess of Gordon's Monument, dated 1887, is a pyramidal obelisk constructed from mixed random rubble, featuring dark bullfaced quoins and a base course. An inscribed plaque has been inserted into the structure. Surrounding the base of the monument is a worn cast-iron bench seat. The approximate measurements of the monument are 18 feet by 18 feet at the base and a height of 30 feet.

Local climate

Duchess Of Gordon's Monument, Whiteash Hill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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