Ewen Maclachlan Obelisk And Gateway, The Craigs Burial Ground, Fort William is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Burial ground, obstacle, gateway.

Ewen Maclachlan Obelisk And Gateway, The Craigs Burial Ground, Fort William

WRENN ID
over-alcove-coral
Grade
B
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
Burial ground, obstacle, gateway
OS grid reference
NN 108 742
Coordinates
56.82103, -5.10146
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Ewen Maclachlan Obelisk and Gateway are located in The Craigs Burial Ground in Fort William. This irregularly shaped burial ground is enclosed by a simple coped wall, with a short section of crenelated walling flanking the gateway. Within the burial ground, there are various tombs from the 18th and 19th centuries.

The granite obelisk, erected in 1847 in memory of Ewen MacLachlan, who lived from 1775 to 1822, features a square corniced plinth with inset inscribed panels on each face, resting on a stepped base. The obelisk itself is made of grey granite ashlar. The gateway, originally constructed in 1690 and re-erected in 1896, has a round-headed entrance arch that is keystoned and pedimented, with blocked imposts. The gateway is made of all tooled granite and includes an inscribed shield-shaped panel above the arch.

Local climate

Ewen Maclachlan Obelisk And Gateway, The Craigs Burial Ground, Fort William sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,040 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 48 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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