Macdonald Mausoleum, Old Parish Church Of Sleat, Kilmore, Skye is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Mausoleum.

Macdonald Mausoleum, Old Parish Church Of Sleat, Kilmore, Skye

WRENN ID
salt-ashlar-laurel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 September 1982
Type
Mausoleum
OS grid reference
NG 657 069
Coordinates
57.09387, -5.86822
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Macdonald Mausoleum is an earlier to mid-19th century structure located near the former parish church of Sleat in Kilmore, Skye. It is square in shape, featuring corbelled and crenellated detailing, and is constructed from ashlar stone. The mausoleum has a square-headed entrance set within a round-headed recess, and there are blind recesses on the east and west elevations, as well as blind quatrefoils.

Local climate

Macdonald Mausoleum, Old Parish Church Of Sleat, Kilmore, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,090 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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