Doulie Tower, Edzell is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Folly.
Doulie Tower, Edzell
- WRENN ID
- little-mantel-soot
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- NO 590 726
- Coordinates
- 56.84369, -2.67236
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Doulie Tower in Edzell is a large, circular folly built in 1796. It stands two stories tall and features curveless gothic arches. The tower is flanked by wing screens that also have gothic arches. The structure is currently in a ruinous state.
Local climate
Doulie Tower, Edzell 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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