Publication Account

Date 2006

Event ID 1019727

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019727

Victoria Harbour was constructed from granite in 1842 by building a sea wall that linked the two rocky outcrops with a quay along the shore. An entrance was later created to the Old Harbour and is spanned by a hand operated wrought-iron, two-leaf bascule bridge.

Information from ‘The Scottish Burgh Survey, Historic Dunbar: Archaeology and Development’, (2006).