View from ENE showing entrance to harbour with light-tower on right and part of numbers 17-19 Harbour View in background
SC 739904
Description View from ENE showing entrance to harbour with light-tower on right and part of numbers 17-19 Harbour View in background
Date 12/8/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 739904
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Dunure Harbour, South Ayrshire This shows the end of the north pier (left) and the west pier, seen from the end of the breakwater. Note the use of a natural headland to break the force of the prevailing south-westerly gales. Both design and construction are of the highest quality. Though the harbour was used by fishermen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is likely that its primary purpose was trading. There is a pair of large lime kilns above the harbour, which probably used imported limestone and coal. This harbour was built in 1811, and consists of a small rectangular basin formed by two piers and the quayed sides of a small bay. The piers have rounded ends, and the western one has the remains of a small lighthouse at the seaward end. A breakwater protects the harbour from northerly winds. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/45/2
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