Dovecot, Uiginish, Skye is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Uiginish, Skye

WRENN ID
pitched-pedestal-mallow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 September 1982
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NG 242 482
Coordinates
57.44052, -6.59747
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Uiginish, Skye, dates from the earlier to mid-19th century. It is a tall, thin square tower that serves as the central core for a later square rubble building, likely used as a hen house, which has been constructed around it. The dovecot features a panel of southeast-facing flight holes and contains 76 wooden boxes for the birds. The hen house is heated and has a small chimney at the rear, with a door and window located on the south side. Both the dovecot and hen house are topped with pyramidal slate roofs.

Local climate

Dovecot, Uiginish, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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