Hamilton Monument is a Grade A listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Monument.

Hamilton Monument

WRENN ID
south-postern-pearl
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 728 543
Coordinates
55.76605, -4.02738
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Hamilton Monument is a memorial dedicated to William, Duke of Hamilton, Brandon, and Chatelherault, who passed away on 15th July 1863. The monument features a bust created by T. Mossmann, which is dated 1869.

Local climate

Hamilton Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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