Buldoo Bell Tower, Latheron is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1971. Bell tower.

Buldoo Bell Tower, Latheron

WRENN ID
crumbling-gravel-scarlet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 April 1971
Type
Bell tower
OS grid reference
ND 202 338
Coordinates
58.28563, -3.36214
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Buldoo Bell Tower in Latheron is a solid square rubble tower, likely built in the late 17th century. It stands about 25 feet high and has square openings on each side beneath a pyramidal top. The base measures approximately 7 feet on each side.

Local climate

Buldoo Bell Tower, Latheron receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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