Caibeal Mheamhair, Lochbuie, Mull is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Chapel.
Caibeal Mheamhair, Lochbuie, Mull
- WRENN ID
- riven-rood-acorn
- 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
- NM 626 236
- Coordinates
- 56.34519, -5.84233
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Caibeal Mheamhair is a building located in Lochbuie, Mull, originally constructed in 1500 and later restored as the mausoleum for the Maclaines of Lochbuie in 1864. The structure is oblong and built from random rubble, featuring a gabled design and a modern slated roof. It has slit windows and a round-headed doorway. Inside, there is an octagonal font basin, along with mural tablets and grave slabs. An ogee-topped wall was added in 1864 to contain the remains of the Maclaines.
Local climate
Caibeal Mheamhair, Lochbuie, Mull sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,460 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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