Market Cross, The Cross, Doune is a Grade A listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Market cross.

Market Cross, The Cross, Doune

WRENN ID
second-stair-frost
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
NN 727 015
Coordinates
56.18967, -4.0528
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Doune dates from around 1620 and features an octagonal shaft that stands on six steps. At the top, it is adorned with a capital that displays the arms of Moray and Campbell, along with two sundials and a lion.

Local climate

Market Cross, The Cross, Doune sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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