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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 661292
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/661292
NH66NE 30 67322 68892
Belleport Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1992.
Not to be confused with landing-place at Alnessferry (on the Black Isle, at NH 66 66), for which see NH66NE 37.
(Location cited as NH 673 688). Belleport Pier, built c. 1850 for timber shipment. A beautifully straight coursed-rubble pier.
J R Hume 1977.
(Location cited as NH 690 673). Alness Belle Port: the B817 road comes right down to the shore of the Cromarty Firth immediately to the E of the delta of the Alness River [NH c. 65 67], a quarter of a mile (402m) before reaching Belle Port pier. This survives complete, though the top surface is grassed. Both sides curve neatly out from the shore, and are slightly battered up to a rolled edge kerb which is continuous round the sea end. The corners of the sea end are mitred. One very large iron ring is in place near each corner. Steps descending seawards are inset in the W side near the sea end, and near the shore on the E side.
A Graham and J Gordon 1988.
Jetty extending into the Cromarty Firth. Possibly associated with the nearby Dalmore distillery (NH66NE 23).
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993.
Jetty / pier - seen , wind erosion.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
