Slate Pier, Ellanbeich, Seil is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 October 1984. Quay.
Slate Pier, Ellanbeich, Seil
- WRENN ID
- blind-moat-amber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1984
- Type
- Quay
- OS grid reference
- NM 741 172
- Coordinates
- 56.29335, -5.65118
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Slate Pier in Ellanbeich, Seil, was built around 1826. It serves as a quay that encloses the south side of the harbour inlet, featuring a long sea wall that extends to the south. The structure is constructed from vertically set rubble slabs and has an irregular plan. There is a parapet at the southern end and a concrete stairway to the north.
Local climate
Slate Pier, Ellanbeich, Seil sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow 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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