Measured Mile Marker, Skelmorlie is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 August 1985.
Measured Mile Marker, Skelmorlie
- WRENN ID
- gentle-corridor-vale
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1985
- OS grid reference
- NS 191 675
- Coordinates
- 55.86712, -4.89106
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Skelmorlie Measured Mile Marker consists of two pairs of tall poles erected in 1866 by the shipbuilding firm of Robert Napier & Sons. The poles were surveyed by Kyle and Frew, and Smith and Wharrie, land surveyors, and checked by Admiralty staff. They are set 1 nautical mile apart on concrete bases and secured with iron stays, featuring sights at the upper level. Originally established for the testing and trials of ships, these poles may not be the originals. Further information can be found in J Napier’s biography of Robert Napier (1904) and in the Kyle & Frew workbooks held in Strathclyde Regional Archives.
Local climate
Measured Mile Marker, Skelmorlie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,690 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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