Sundial, Castlecraig is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971.
Sundial, Castlecraig
- WRENN ID
- errant-footing-lark
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 136 442
- Coordinates
- 55.68413, -3.37435
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial dates to 1725 and is situated on a plateau in front of Castlecraig. It comprises a copper dial set upon a stone baluster-shaft.
Local climate
Sundial, Castlecraig sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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- No sale records on file
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