St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Cara is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Chapel.

St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Cara

WRENN ID
broken-belfry-grain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Chapel
OS grid reference
NR 640 443
Coordinates
55.63506, -5.74961
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Fionnlugh's Chapel in Cara is a medieval building that features an oblong chamber. The structure is made of rubble and is partly in ruins, with no roof. On the north side, there is a pointed doorway and a flat-headed window.

Local climate

St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Cara sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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