Monument, Bridgend, Islay is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Monument.

Monument, Bridgend, Islay

WRENN ID
kindled-tower-storm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 August 1980
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NR 336 617
Coordinates
55.77562, -6.24886
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The monument in Bridgend, Islay, was built in 1887 and is designed as an obelisk made of granite. It features a square pedestal that is divided into three stages. The sides of the monument display a bronze relief of a coat of arms, along with inscriptions in both Gaelic and English.

Local climate

Monument, Bridgend, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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