Mcduff's Monument, Murrayshall Hill is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Monument.

Mcduff's Monument, Murrayshall Hill

WRENN ID
cold-banister-thunder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NO 158 252
Coordinates
56.41176, -3.36559
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

McDuff's Monument is an 18th-century small round tower located on Murrayshall Hill. It was erected by the McDuffs of Bonhard and stands approximately 15 feet high, although the parapet is incomplete.

Local climate

Mcduff's Monument, Murrayshall Hill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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