Kiln, Kinloch Pier, Rum is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Kiln.
Kiln, Kinloch Pier, Rum
- WRENN ID
- weathered-facade-myrtle
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Kiln
- OS grid reference
- NM 405 991
- Coordinates
- 57.01012, -6.27453
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is a mid-19th century circular kiln made of rubble, located at Kinloch Pier on the island of Rum. It is positioned against a low natural slope that leads to an approach path to the upper part of the site. The kiln features a round-headed entrance with a dressed rubble arch ring that opens to the draw hole.
Local climate
Kiln, Kinloch Pier, Rum sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,220 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 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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