Milestone To East Of Pegal Hill, Walls, Hoy is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 2002. Milestone.

Milestone To East Of Pegal Hill, Walls, Hoy

WRENN ID
quartered-spire-grove
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 2002
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
ND 295 979
Coordinates
58.86302, -3.22226
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This early 20th century milestone is located to the east of Pegal Hill in Walls, Hoy. It is made of stone and features a segmental head. The milestone is inscribed with the words 'N.NESS' (indicating North Ness) above the number '5' with an arrow pointing to the left. Above the number '6', it also has the word 'HOY' with an arrow pointing to the right.

Local climate

Milestone To East Of Pegal Hill, Walls, Hoy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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