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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 720214
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/720214
NT37NE 14 c. 66 78.
'At the middle of the 12th century, the Earl of Dunbar had a port at Bele lying within less than a mile of Dunbar on the westward, and acquiring thus the appropriate name of Belhaven. This was then the port of Dunbar till the reign of Charles II, when a harbour was formed by building a pier at Dunbar; David II, indeed, by a charter in 1369, created Dunbar a free burgh in favour of the Earl of Dunbar,and made it a commercial port'.
G Chalmers 1888
These authorities describe the harbour at Belhaven as of mid 12th century origin.
J Miller 1859;
No additional information.
Visited by OS (JLD) 11 September 1962.
A harbour was founded in the middle of the 12th century at Belhaven. The Earl of Dunbar had a port at Bele lying within a mile of Dunbar. This port was used by the Isle of May Priory where it also held property
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
