Pillbox near Skinner's Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 July 1994. Military structure.
Pillbox near Skinner's Monument
- WRENN ID
- north-footing-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1994
- Type
- Military structure
- Address
- Pillbox near Skinner's Monument, Holyhead
- OS grid reference
- SH 250 821
- Coordinates
- 53.30746, -4.62702
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The pillbox near Skinner's Monument is a circular structure built with grey rubble and some brick on concrete foundations. The top of the wall features rubble set on end, creating the appearance of a folly or garden architecture. It has a square-headed doorway and two tiers of loop openings, topped with a concrete roof. Additionally, there is a detached curving screen wall that protects the entrance doorway.
Local climate
Pillbox near Skinner's Monument sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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