East Tower, Glamis Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Tower.
East Tower, Glamis Castle
- WRENN ID
- night-pier-ivory
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Tower
- OS grid reference
- NO 386 479
- Coordinates
- 56.6193, -3.00108
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The East Tower of Glamis Castle is possibly from the 14th or 15th century and was raised and crenellated, likely in the late 18th century. It is a circular structure made of rubble, standing approximately 14 feet high and currently roofless, featuring a crenellated parapet. Near the top, there is a row of oval openings with ashlar margins. The northwest side has a doorway with chamfered arrises, and there is a blinded window on the west side.
Local climate
East Tower, Glamis Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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