James Martineau Memorial, Rothiemurchus is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1979. Memorial.

James Martineau Memorial, Rothiemurchus

WRENN ID
third-oriel-reed
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 December 1979
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NH 890 096
Coordinates
57.16439, -3.8358
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The James Martineau Memorial in Rothiemurchus was built around 1900 and restored in 1974. It features a three-sided column adorned with intricately carved interlacing Celtic designs on each face, topped with a flat capital. The column stands on a triangular plinth that includes an inscribed panel on one side. The memorial is enclosed by a simple spearhead-railed fence.

Local climate

James Martineau Memorial, Rothiemurchus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 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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