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Keiss Harbour General view from NE

SC 435489

Description Keiss Harbour General view from NE

Date 15/5/1974

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 435489

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Keiss Harbour, Caithness Keiss Harbour is an outstanding example of early 19th century fishing harbour design. It consists of an S-plan north pier, with a landing area at its base, a U-plan south pier, and a stub pier projecting towards the end of the south pier. This view shows the harbour from the north west, with the north pier in the foreground. Between it and the south pier is the entrance basin, in this design forming a 'stilling' basin. Beyond is the inner harbour. The effect of this layout is to form an entrance basin with a side opening into the inner harbour. The entrance basin has a shelving end, with a massive wall at its head. These absorb most of the energy in the waves entering the harbour. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H74/142/12

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/435489

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Attribution: © Copyright: HES. (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume).

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