Tom-Na-Croiche Obelisk is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Obelisk.

Tom-Na-Croiche Obelisk

WRENN ID
carved-remnant-mint
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Obelisk
OS grid reference
NN 872 665
Coordinates
56.77643, -3.84597
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Tom-Na-Croiche Obelisk is a simple obelisk made of rubble, without any moulding, and it is surrounded by square walls. It was designed to be viewed from a distance and is dated 1755.

Local climate

Tom-Na-Croiche Obelisk sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 81 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 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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