Building, Sandyhillocks Rifle Range is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Marker building.

Building, Sandyhillocks Rifle Range

WRENN ID
tattered-nave-plum
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
Marker building
OS grid reference
NJ 736 044
Coordinates
57.13065, -2.43692
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building at Sandyhillocks Rifle Range is a small, star-shaped structure made of pinned rubble, dating back to 1860. It features straight skews and a very steep roof.

Local climate

Building, Sandyhillocks Rifle Range receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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