Monument To Dugald Buchanan, Strathyre is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 May 2006. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Monument To Dugald Buchanan, Strathyre
- WRENN ID
- ghost-pier-moon
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 May 2006
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NN 560 170
- Coordinates
- 56.32412, -4.32889
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Monument to Dugald Buchanan, located in Strathyre, was built in 1883 as a Gothic tribute to the Gaelic poet Dugald Buchanan. It stands on a circular base and is surrounded by cast-iron railings. The lower section features four short columns made of red marble, which are grouped around a central pillar. The tops of the columns were originally small fountain bowls, but these have been filled in. Each of the four faces of the monument has a cusped-arch niche that holds grey and red marble panels inscribed in both Gaelic and English. The upper part of the monument is pyramidal and is crowned with a decorative wrought-iron finial. There is also some decorative carving around the niches. This monument serves as a decorative tribute to an important local poet and is prominently situated along the main road through Strathyre. The materials used include sandstone along with red and grey marble.
Local climate
Monument To Dugald Buchanan, Strathyre sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,640 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 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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