West Beacon, Scurdie Ness is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Beacon.
West Beacon, Scurdie Ness
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-chapel-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Beacon
- OS grid reference
- NO 727 567
- Coordinates
- 56.70198, -2.4459
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Beacon and East Beacon are a pair of daymarks marking the entrance to Montrose Harbour at Scurdie Ness, where the River South Esk meets the sea.
The East Beacon is a sharply-tapering, conical structure made of white-washed rubble stone, standing around 4 meters tall with a graduated ashlar base. The West Beacon is situated higher up the shoreline; it is also conical in shape but has a flat top and is built from white-washed coursed and snecked masonry. At approximately 1.2 meters in height, the West Beacon may not retain its original height.
These beacons are believed to date from the 18th century and were constructed to assist vessels entering the port of Montrose. They are marked as 'beacon' on a chart of the harbour surveyed in 1833 and published in 1842. The Ordnance Survey Second Edition map of Forfarshire, published in 1904, identifies the West Beacon as a semaphore.
Local climate
West Beacon, Scurdie Ness receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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