Obelisk, Corpach is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Obelisk, Corpach
- WRENN ID
- grim-dormer-jackdaw
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NN 090 768
- Coordinates
- 56.84406, -5.13209
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This obelisk was erected in 1816 as a memorial to Colonel John Cameron, the eldest son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern, who was killed at Quatre Bras. The obelisk stands on a tall, square plinth with a corniced base and a moulded base, all constructed from polished ashlar sandstone. A marble plaque with a long inscribed eulogy is affixed to the south side. The area around the obelisk is enclosed by cast-iron railings. Details of the obelisk are also recorded in Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland.
Local climate
Obelisk, Corpach 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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