War Memorial, Pierowall, Westray is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2001. War memorial.
War Memorial, Pierowall, Westray
- WRENN ID
- wild-floor-ivory
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2001
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- HY 439 489
- Coordinates
- 59.32304, -2.98666
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The War Memorial in Pierowall, Westray, is an obelisk built in the earlier 20th century. It is made of grey granite with pink granite details. The memorial features a square-plan plinth with a tiered base that includes a rectangular plaque dedicated to the men who died during the Second World War. The central shaft is also square in plan, with faces inscribed with the names of those who died during the First World War. At the corners, there are pink granite columns, and the base and cornice are also made of pink granite. The inscribed shaft has a pedimented section dated 1914 and 1919, with a carved fleur-de-lys detail above, which is inscribed on one face. The shaft rises to a point and is topped with a carved fleur-de-lys. Surrounding the memorial is a three-sided flagstone wall.
Local climate
War Memorial, Pierowall, Westray sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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