War Memorial, Shiskine, Arran is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1995. War memorial.

War Memorial, Shiskine, Arran

WRENN ID
seventh-groin-twilight
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 August 1995
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NR 905 286
Coordinates
55.50642, -5.31903
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The war memorial in Shiskine, Arran, dates from around 1920. It is made of rough-hewn granite and takes the form of an obelisk. The memorial features sculpted crossed rifles and has inscribed panels on its base and plinth.

Local climate

War Memorial, Shiskine, Arran sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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