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

Lord Colonsay Monument, Colonsay

WRENN ID
brooding-sill-vale
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
Memorial
OS grid reference
NR 390 937
Coordinates
56.06538, -6.19383
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Lord Colonsay Monument, built in 1879, is an obelisk set on a square plinth. It is made of red Mull granite and features two inscriptions.

Local climate

Lord Colonsay Monument, Colonsay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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