Salt Pan, Ascog Bay, Bute is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 December 1976. Ruin.
Salt Pan, Ascog Bay, Bute
- WRENN ID
- carved-lantern-linden
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1976
- Type
- Ruin
- OS grid reference
- NS 107 633
- Coordinates
- 55.82627, -5.02239
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Salt Pan at Ascog Bay is an 18th-century circular-plan ruin that was once used for salt production. It is located near the old coal mine workings at Ascog Point. The structure is made of red rubble sandstone with harl-pointed finishes. Inside, there is a visible segmental arch, and the site is enclosed by a cast-iron balustrade. The building is currently roofless.
Local climate
Salt Pan, Ascog Bay, Bute sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,740 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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