Abhainn Dhubh, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1991.
Abhainn Dhubh, Lewis
- WRENN ID
- small-step-thistle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- OS grid reference
- NB 543 581
- Coordinates
- 58.44268, -6.2116
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a traditional shieling, located near Cuisihader in Lewis. It is one of a substantial group of shielings found in this area, which largely date from the 19th century. The shieling is of a Hebridean type, constructed with rubble walls and a turf roof.
Local climate
Abhainn Dhubh, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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