Dunbar, Old Harbour, Fishermens' Monument
Commemorative Monument (Mid 19th Century)
Site Name Dunbar, Old Harbour, Fishermens' Monument
Classification Commemorative Monument (Mid 19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Barometer Monument
Canmore ID 215482
Site Number NT67NE 287
NGR NT 68111 79131
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/215482
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NE 287 68117 79137
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: A Handyside Ritchie - 1856.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Constructed of ashlar, this rendered and painted block stands 15 feet high on a pedestal. Dated 1856. Painted plaster relief set in recess dated 1861, with a niche below for mercury barometer in a wooden case, which is now missing. The monument on the south side of the harbour was badly weathered and the inscription illegible.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
Photographic Survey (November 1959)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in November 1959.
