Hutcheson Monument, Kererra is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 May 2021. Memorial.
Hutcheson Monument, Kererra
- WRENN ID
- inner-alcove-mist
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 May 2021
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NM 844 310
- Coordinates
- 56.42235, -5.49614
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Hutcheson Monument is a granite obelisk memorial dedicated to David Hutcheson, erected in 1883 on the northeast of Kerrera, overlooking Ardantrive Bay. It is surrounded by a cast iron fence and features an ashlar, square-plan panelled raised pedestal with a band course, topped by an ashlar obelisk. The pedestal bears the inscription: 'Erected by a grateful public in memory of David Hutcheson by whose energy and enterprise the benefits of greatly improved steam communication were conferred on the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1883'.
This monument commemorates David Hutcheson, a steamship owner who significantly contributed to the development of steamship travel from the west coast of Scotland and the Hebrides. His company, David Hutcheson and Co., was well-known for operating boats and steamers to the West Highlands since the 1850s, paving the way for the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry company. The monument was funded by public subscription and was built three years after Hutcheson's death.
Local climate
Hutcheson Monument, Kererra sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,230 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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