Campbell of Sonachan Burial Enclosure, Portsonachan is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Burial enclosure.
Campbell of Sonachan Burial Enclosure, Portsonachan
- WRENN ID
- long-casement-martin
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1980
- Type
- Burial enclosure
- OS grid reference
- NN 042 205
- Coordinates
- 56.33694, -5.16915
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Campbell of Sonachan Burial Enclosure in Portsonachan is an oblong structure from the earlier 19th century. It is built of random rubble and has no roof. The northern end features a gabled design with ball finials and includes an iron gate. Inside, there is a table tomb and mural tablets.
Local climate
Campbell of Sonachan Burial Enclosure, Portsonachan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,020 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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