Field Visit
Date 6 June 2009
Event ID 603880
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/603880
This ruinous breakwater is situated on the W side of St Ninian’s Bay, 120m NE of St Ninian’s Chapel (NS06SW 4). It comprises a length of faced drystone rubble walling 4m thick, about 60m in length and about 0.5m in maximum height. The wall extends from the shore in a NE direction before turning to the N about 40m from the shore.
A breakwater is depicted here on May’s estate map of Nether Ardroscadale (1781). It is also shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1869, Sheet CCIII).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, JMH) 6 June 2009.
