Duke Of Gordon's Monument, Kinrara is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Monument.
Duke Of Gordon's Monument, Kinrara
- WRENN ID
- slow-lead-claret
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NH 877 088
- Coordinates
- 57.15712, -3.85769
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Duke Of Gordon's Monument in Kinrara was erected by subscription in 1840 to commemorate the 5th Duke, who died in 1836. The monument features a tall granite column that stands on a tall, stepped plinth, which includes a marble coat of arms and an inscription. The column has a square abacus topped with a banded cap. The monument is enclosed by an arrow-head cast-iron railing.
Local climate
Duke Of Gordon's Monument, Kinrara sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 82 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 64 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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