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Latitude: 54.9367 / 54°56'11"N
Longitude: -5.1104 / 5°6'37"W
OS Eastings: 200843
OS Northings: 564649
OS Grid: NX008646
Mapcode National: GBR FHRN.PWH
Mapcode Global: WH1R1.G5PT
Plus Code: 9C6PWVPQ+MR
Entry Name: Agnew Monument, Tor Of Craigoch
Listing Name: Agnew Monument
Listing Date: 20 July 1972
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 342519
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10115
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Tor Of Craigoch, Agnew Monument
Sir Andrew Agnew Monument
Monument To Sir Andrew Agnew
ID on this website: 200342519
1850 (dated). Tower monument. 4-stage square tower. Rubble; ashlar dressings. Diagonal buttresses to midway through 3rd stage; quoin strips above. Stepped in, with coped course, between 1st and 2nd stages. Band course between 3rd and 4th stages. Raised margins to blinded narrow lights. Light to each face at 2nd, 3rd and 4th stages. Ashlar panel to S face at 1st stage, bearing the Agnew crest and inscribed "Erected by a few of the inhabitants of this district and other friends in memory of the late Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw... 1850". Moulded ashlar panel to N face at 1st stage, with inscription (badly weathered, 1992). Corbelled crenellated parapet; crenellation,
with ridged coping, stepped down at centre to each face.
The Agnew Monument is situated atop Tor of Craigoch; it is a very conspicuous landmark in the area. The tower is a monument to Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw (1793 - 1849); the panel to the north commemmorates his life and achievements.
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