Bridge, Kerelaw Castle is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Bridge.

Bridge, Kerelaw Castle

WRENN ID
young-basalt-clover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 268 428
Coordinates
55.64854, -4.75272
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The bridge at Kerelaw Castle is a single span that crosses Kerelaw Glen. Its arch is decorated with machicolated masonry, and underneath, there is a hidden compartment that may have been used as an ice house. The bridge is now in a ruinous state.

Local climate

Bridge, Kerelaw Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,540 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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