Monument To Ettrick Shepherd, Ettrickhill is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971.

Monument To Ettrick Shepherd, Ettrickhill

WRENN ID
sharp-step-nightshade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1971
OS grid reference
NT 263 144
Coordinates
55.41795, -3.1657
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

An obelisk, erected in 1898, stands on the site of the cottage where James Hogg (Ettrick Shepherd) was born in 1770. The monument commemorates Hogg's birth and life. It is located at Ettrickhall.

Local climate

Monument To Ettrick Shepherd, Ettrickhill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 72 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 48 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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