South African War Memorial, Esplanade, Stirling Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. War memorial.

South African War Memorial, Esplanade, Stirling Castle

WRENN ID
sacred-cupola-pigeon
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1965
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NS 790 939
Coordinates
56.12294, -3.9465
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South African War Memorial, located on the Esplanade at Stirling Castle, is a war memorial sculpted by Mr. W. Hubert Paton and was unveiled in 1907. It features a granite base topped by a cast bronze figure of a Highland soldier holding his rifle at the ready. The granite pedestal is adorned with bronze plaques on each of its faces. The plaque on the front bears the inscription: "Erected By The Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers & Men of the XCI [or 1st Battalion] Princess Louise's, [Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders] To The Memory of These Comrades Who Lost Their Lives in The Service of Their Country During The South African War October 1899 To May 1902," and is topped with the regimental badge. The plaques on the other faces list the names of those who fell in the war.

Local climate

South African War Memorial, Esplanade, Stirling Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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