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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 690127

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM69NE 11 centred 6774 9715

NLO: Mallaig Harbour [NAT] (at NM 6780 9710)

Pier [NAT] (at NM 6775 9715)

Pier [NAT] (at NM 6775 9708)

OS 1:10,000 map, 1975.

For adjacent (associated) station, see NM69NE 12.

For boatyard of Mallaig Boatbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd (NM 6766 9699), see NM69NE 18.

For beacon on Sgeir Dearg (at NM 67764 97546), see NM69NE 27.

(Location cited as NM 677 972). Mallaig Harbour, completed 1901 by the West Highland Extension Rly. The original concrete steamer and fishing harbour has recently been extended by sheet piling, with the formation of a second pier. There are five fish-curing sheds, of various dates, with the typical adjustable wooden roof ventilators.

J R Hume 1977.

The 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map applies the term Mallaig Harbour to the area of water centred around NM 677 974.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 March 2008.

A memorial to those lost at sea was installed at Mallaig Harbour NM69NE 31.

A scupture of a fisherman and a child was gifted to the port of Mallaig by its sculptor NM69NE 30.

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