Obelisk To Earl Of Cromarty, Tulloch Street, Dingwall is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Obelisk.

Obelisk To Earl Of Cromarty, Tulloch Street, Dingwall

WRENN ID
stranded-chapel-kestrel
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
Obelisk
OS grid reference
NH 549 589
Coordinates
57.59687, -4.4281
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The obelisk to the Earl of Cromarty, located on Tulloch Street in Dingwall, was rebuilt in 1923, although it was originally erected in the early 18th century. It is constructed entirely of grey ashlar stone. The structure features a tall square plinth with a deeply moulded cornice that supports a tapering obelisk. This obelisk stands on a wide circular base, which is surrounded by a coped rubble retaining wall.

Local climate

Obelisk To Earl Of Cromarty, Tulloch Street, Dingwall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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