Watch Tower, Dun Na Cuaiche, 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. Folly.

Watch Tower, Dun Na Cuaiche, Inveraray Castle Estate

WRENN ID
gilded-soffit-oak
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
Folly
OS grid reference
NN 100 101
Coordinates
56.24554, -5.0674
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Watch Tower at Dun Na Cuaiche, located within the Inveraray Castle Estate, was built in 1748 and designed by architect Roger Morris, with masonry work by William Douglas. This 'Gothick' folly is square in shape and consists of one storey and a basement. The structure is made of rubble and features a domed top with an aperture. There is a doorway and two pointed windows that are unglazed. Inside, there is an apsidal recess in the basement and a stone floor.

Local climate

Watch Tower, Dun Na Cuaiche, Inveraray Castle Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,950 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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