Archaeology Notes

Event ID 870750

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/870750

NS05SE 43 NS 08783 52814.

This site was noted during a coastal zone assessment survey undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd to characterise the state of coastal erosion and the threat it poses to cultural heritage sites. A gazetteer in the report included a note of existing records and new sites when discovered. Where the site was located, notes included condition, period/date and recommendations.

Commissioned by The Scape Trust and Firth of Clyde Forum on behalf of Historic Scotland.

Cressey and Johnson 2004

A jetty and boathouse stand immediately NE of Cradh Rubha, a rocky point about 450m SE of Dunagoil fort (NS05SE 4) and immediately SE of Port Dubh, a natural cove. The rocky point is depicted in relative detail on the Foulis estate map (1758-59), which may indicate its use as a landing point. A boathouse, breakwater and pier are first depicted on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map surveyed in 1915 (Buteshire 1924, Sheet CCXXVII). This may have been a terminus of the Bute to Arran ferry (MacLagan 1997, 34).

Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 15 Oct 2009.