Dubh Loch Bridge, Inveraray Castle Estate is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Bridge.

Dubh Loch Bridge, Inveraray Castle Estate

WRENN ID
dusted-pinnacle-hawthorn
Grade
A
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
Bridge
OS grid reference
NN 113 105
Coordinates
56.24983, -5.04572
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dubh Loch Bridge, located on the Inveraray Castle Estate, was built in 1785 by Robert Mylne. The bridge features a segmental span and is constructed from rubble. It has parapet walls adorned with crenellated recesses, corbelled ledges, and incised cruciform ornaments on the exterior. The approach walls are curved, low, and topped with flat copes.

Local climate

Dubh Loch Bridge, Inveraray Castle Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,980 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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