Lady Mackenzie's Monument, Brahan Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Monument.
Lady Mackenzie's Monument, Brahan Castle
- WRENN ID
- far-remnant-fern
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NH 495 548
- Coordinates
- 57.55822, -4.51644
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Lady Mackenzie's Monument, located at Brahan Castle, was built in 1823. It features a squat hexagonal column made of ashlar stone, adorned with small crenellations and cusped panelled faces. The monument stands on a hexagonal base that is elevated by seven steps and includes a Latin inscription.
Local climate
Lady Mackenzie's Monument, Brahan Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 follow 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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