Dunvegan Castle, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Gatepiers. 2 related planning applications.

Dunvegan Castle, Skye

WRENN ID
far-gutter-elm
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
Gatepiers
Address
Dunvegan Castle, Skye, IV55 8WF
OS grid reference
NG 247 491
Coordinates
57.44848, -6.59002
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dunvegan Castle, built in 1938, features a pair of square rubble gatepiers that are crenellated. There is a low, similar pier at the pedestrian gateway. The structure includes crenellated screen walls that bear a memorial plaque. The gates are made of wrought iron and feature Celtic decoration, along with a pedestrian gate.

Local climate

Dunvegan Castle, 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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