Archaeology Notes

Event ID 648071

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO43SW 1002.00 centred 40604 30182

NO43SW 1002.01 NO 40631 30132 Entrance Lock (from Tidal Harbour)

NO43SW 1002.02 NO 40637 30125 Swing Bridge (across entrance lock)

NO43SW 1002.03 NO 40743 30201 Dry Dock (West Graving Dock)

NO43SW 1002.04 NO 40617 30066 Beacon ('Telford Light')

NO43SW 1002.05 NO 4075 3020 Trial excavation and watching brief (Apex Hotel Development: 2001)

See also:

NO43SW 515 Centred NO 40481 30026 Earl Grey Dock

NO43SW 1001.00 Centred NO 40691 30065 Tidal Harbour

For comprehensive history of early docks at Dundee, see under NO42NW 22.00.

For general summary of Dundee Harbour and the Port of Dundee, see NO43SW 109.

The King William IV Dock at Dundee formed part of the docks complex to the W of the N end of the present Tay Road Bridge (NO42NW 75). Access was gained from the river through the Tidal Harbour (NO43SW 1001.00), which also gave access to the Earl Grey Dock (NO43SW 515, to the W). It is noted and depicted by GIS historic mapping (epoch 2).

The location assigned to this record remains unverified from current map evidence within an area of car parks and extensive urban redevelopment.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 April 2006.