How do I get to Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown?

Drivers can use postcode DG8 9JF.

Is Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown a listed building?

Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.

How do I get to Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown?

Drivers can navigate to postcode DG8 9JF. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.

Memorials & monuments · North West England

Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown

Free admission

Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown — category B listed building-listed memorial in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.

Martyrs' Monument, Wigtown - geograph.org.uk - 5002270 — Billy McCrorie — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–45 min

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure, Windy Hill, Wigtown is a category B listed building-listed memorial in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB42442). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 20/07/1972 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Burgh Wigtown NGR NX 43042 55409 Coordinates 243042, 555409 — Dated 1858. Classical ashlar monument sited on summit of hill. Base course; pedestal with chamfered angles capped by entablature with acroteria and stone angle brackets. Octagonal shaft, tapering and corniced, bearing decorative stone urn finial. Commemorative panel on 1 face of pedestal inscribed to Wigtown Martyrs, Covenanters who were drowned in the River Bladnoch (1685), or were hung. ENCLOSURE: spearhead railings retaining square enclosure, some now in disrepair.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

The Covenanters' Monument and Enclosure is a memorial located on Windy Hill in the Scottish Lowlands, postcode DG8. It is designated as a category B listed building, recognising its historical significance.

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Coordinates: 54.8688, -4.4474
District: Dumfries and Galloway
Postcode: DG8 9JF
Parliamentary constituency: Dumfries and Galloway

Sources

wikidata: Q17798249 (CC0)

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