Ettrick Shepherd Monument, Tibbie Shiels Inn, St Mary's Loch is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971.

Ettrick Shepherd Monument, Tibbie Shiels Inn, St Mary's Loch

WRENN ID
frozen-plinth-onyx
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 237 205
Coordinates
55.47252, -3.20747
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Ettrick Shepherd Monument stands near Tibbie Shiels Inn, on the shore of St Mary's Loch. It comprises a seated figure placed upon a pedestal, the work of the sculptor A Currie.

Local climate

Ettrick Shepherd Monument, Tibbie Shiels Inn, St Mary's Loch 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 73 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 51 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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