Archaeology Notes

Event ID 653993

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG71SW 3.00 centred 70264 12507

Pier [NAT]

OS 1:10,560 map, 1968.

NG71SW 3.01 NG 70312 12516 Crane

NG71SW 3.02 NG 7027 1248 Storehouse and shops

NG71SW 3.03 NG 70248 12543 Well

NG71SW 3.04 NG 70270 12576 Doocot (Dovecot)

(Location cited as NG 703 125). 19th century. A well-built drystone rubble pier, with a cast-iron wood-jib post crane at the end. At the landward end is a small 1-storey and attic rubble store.

J R Hume 1977.

The place-name Ornsay harbour presumably applies to the area between Ornsay (to the SE) and the island of Skye (to the W and NW). The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Harbour [NAT] around NG 705 128.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 June 2004.