Breakwater, Harbour, Sandend is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 May 1990. Harbour, breakwater.

Breakwater, Harbour, Sandend

WRENN ID
burning-stronghold-thrush
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 May 1990
Type
Harbour, breakwater
OS grid reference
NJ 555 665
Coordinates
57.68641, -2.74652
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Breakwater at Sandend Harbour is likely from the mid-19th century, although it includes earlier construction. The small harbour is surrounded by two curved rubble walls, which have been faced with concrete in later years. There is a high wall on the seaward side of the outer pier. Additionally, a short rubble breakwater extends from a rocky outcrop to the east, providing protection for the harbour entrance.

Local climate

Breakwater, Harbour, Sandend sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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