Archaeology Notes

Event ID 711478

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT18SW 98.05 13129 80359

Not to be confused with beacon ('Ferry House' or 'Tower House') at NT 13101 80331, for which see NT18SW 98.04.

For (corresponding and associated) beacon on the Hawes Pier at South Queensferry (NT 13585 78649), see NT17NW 172.01.

(North Queensferry: location cited as NT 131 803). At landward end of Town (or Tower) Pier: John Rennie, c. 1810. Hexagonal ashlar tower with two string courses, moulded cornice and blocking course, supporting octagonal lantern, with four panes per face and domed copper roof with cross-shaped copper vent pipe.

J R Hume 1997.

This structure is depicted, but not noted, on the 1966 edition of the OS 1:2500 map.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 March 2006.