Old Pier, Tobermory Harbour, Mull is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Pier.

Old Pier, Tobermory Harbour, Mull

WRENN ID
kindled-cupola-martin
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
Pier
OS grid reference
NM 505 552
Coordinates
56.62241, -6.06757
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Pier at Tobermory Harbour on the Isle of Mull was built between 1801 and 1814 by the engineer Thomas Telford. It is 300 feet long and features a parapet wall on the northeast side, as well as a stairway on the southwest side near the end. The pier is constructed from large stones that are built with open joints and includes iron mooring posts.

Local climate

Old Pier, Tobermory Harbour, Mull sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,810 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, 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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