Battle Of Largs Monument, Largs is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Monument.

Battle Of Largs Monument, Largs

WRENN ID
ragged-clay-bracken
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 207 576
Coordinates
55.77911, -4.85951
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Battle of Largs Monument, designed by architect J Sandyford Kay of Glasgow, was erected in 1912. This tall pencil tower features a slight batter and is constructed from snecked rough whinstone, with an ashlar doorway, window dressings, and a conical slate roof. Above ground level, there is a decorative round-headed door with splayed jambs, each adorned with a figure and a crucifix above. The arch is flanked by plain ashlar blocks, and beaked grotesque beasts are positioned at the base of the door. A square ashlar plaque above the door is inscribed with "Memorial - Battle of Largs 1263." A cobbled walkway surrounds the base of the monument.

Local climate

Battle Of Largs Monument, Largs sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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