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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 765818
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/765818
NT27NE 57.45 26136 77945 to 26189 77868 to 26434 77874
Dam [NAT] (at NT 2628 7768)
OS 1:1250 map, 1971.
This structure was built during the late 1960's recoconstruction of the Leith Docks system (NT27NE 57.00) to seal off the Western Harbour (NT27NE 57.10) from the sea and so allow its water level to be controlled. It joins the Western Breakwater (NT27NE 57.07) to the New Entrance Lock (NT27NE 57.03).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 June 2006.
