Archaeology Notes

Event ID 864143

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NB43SW 19.00 centred 4228 3260

NB43SW 19 01 NB 4253 3222 Jetty

NB43SW 19.02 NB 4285 3215 Breakwater

NB43SW 19.03 NB c. 421 327 Memorial

See also:

NB43SW 20.00 NB 43250 30828 Arnish Point, Lighthouse

NB43SW 28 NB 4257 3256 (Old) Lifeboat Station and Slipway

NB43SW 32 NB 4247 3264 New Ferry Terminal

NB43SW 43 NB 42127 32753 Custom House (Amity House, Harbour Offices)

NB43SW 44 NB 42142 32671 King Edward Wharf, Fery Terminal

NB43SW 75 NB 4213 3270 Fish Market and Harbour Offices

NB43SW 200 NB 44507 30483 Holm, Iolaire Monument

NB43SW 225 NB 43329 30971 Arnish Point, Reef Rock, Beacon

NB43SW 226 NB 42947 31209 Arnish Point, Beacon

NB43SW 227 NB 42466 31101 Sgeir na Pacaid, Beacon

NB43SW 228 NB 43036 32203 Coastguard Station

NB43SW 229 NB 41919 32838 (New) Lifeboat Station and Slipway

NB43SW 230 NB 44408 30770 Holm, Coastguard Station

(Location cited as NB 422 330). Stornoway harbour, built c. 1780, improved in the 19th century and later. There are two piers, a breakwater and extensive quays, of masonry and concrete construction.

J R Hume 1977.

Begun largely as a fishing harbour c. 1785, the quays and piers being built along the river at North Beach, Cromwell Street and Bayhead.

J Gifford 1992.