Pile Lighthouse, Firth Of Tay, Tayport is a Grade B listed building in the local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1973.
Pile Lighthouse, Firth Of Tay, Tayport
- WRENN ID
- ruined-string-river
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1973
- OS grid reference
- NO 463 293
- Coordinates
- 56.453, -2.87246
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Pile Lighthouse, located in the Firth of Tay near Tayport, is a timber-built structure with a superstructure dating to 1848, likely constructed by James Leslie. It functions as a navigational aid. Construction is considered contemporary with the nearby Railway Harbour, placing its completion around 1849-1851.
Local climate
Pile Lighthouse, Firth Of Tay, Tayport receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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