Sheep Fank And Wash, Upper Milovaig, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 April 1989. Sheep fank and wash.
Sheep Fank And Wash, Upper Milovaig, Skye
- WRENN ID
- iron-zinc-cobweb
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1989
- Type
- Sheep fank and wash
- OS grid reference
- NG 153 491
- Coordinates
- 57.44338, -6.74617
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Sheep Fank and Wash in Upper Milovaig, Skye, is a unique structure built from boulder stone, likely from the 19th century, with some alterations. It features a rectangular gathering pen that has a large entrance on the east side and a narrow exit on the west side, leading to a dipping trough and a secondary pen.
Local climate
Sheep Fank And Wash, Upper Milovaig, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 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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