Bught, Glendearg Farm, Eskdalemuir is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 July 1988.
Bught, Glendearg Farm, Eskdalemuir
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-slate-dust
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1988
- OS grid reference
- NT 240 058
- Coordinates
- 55.34105, -3.19926
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bught is a hillside stock pen, likely built in the first half of the 19th century, situated above the east bank of Tomleuchar Burn. It is a circular enclosure with a serpentine shelter wall on its eastern side. The entire structure is constructed of well-built rubble. The building is granted Category B group value for its contribution to the landscape. The statutory address is Glendearg Farm Bught (sheep fank), above east bank of Tomleuchar Burn.
Local climate
Bught, Glendearg Farm, Eskdalemuir 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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