Sluices, Caledonian Canal, Strone is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985.
Sluices, Caledonian Canal, Strone
- WRENN ID
- outer-tower-snow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1985
- OS grid reference
- NN 148 812
- Coordinates
- 56.88556, -5.04003
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
These canal sluices, dating to circa 1815, were designed by Thomas Telford as part of the Caledonian Canal. They comprise a high, segmental-headed tunnel with straight sides, serving a sluice flanked by a semi-circular winged abutment on the south bank of the canal. The structure is built from squared rubble with tooled ashlar dressings and an arch ring. Squared rubble walling flanks the sluice gate within the canal, and there are three cast-iron winding gear covers and a cast-iron handrail. The arched abutment also carries a path running along the south side of the canal, with the semi-circular head of the abutment raised to form a parapet. The site is positioned opposite Carn Phail old burial ground. References include Thomas Telford’s Biographical Atlas of 1838, plate 15.
Local climate
Sluices, Caledonian Canal, Strone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,950 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 72 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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