Archaeology Notes

Event ID 877965

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/877965

NS33NW 63.00 centred NS 31354 38542

Museum [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.

NS33NW 63.01 NS 3148 3832 Linthouse Engine Shop (removed from NS 540 660: see also NS56NW 35).

NS33NW 63.02 NS c. 3140 3843 Shipyard worker's flat [museum display]

NS33NW 63.03 centred NS 3110 3826 Slipway and pontoons (floating exhibits)

NS33NW 63.04 NS 3135 3863 SV Carrick (stored, on blocks)

NS33NW 63.05 NS 31291 38453 Slipway (Montgomery Street)

For the steam launch Rifle (from Loch Arkaig, remains on display), see NN09SE 8001.

For Dumbarton, Castle St, Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank (museum outstation centred at NS 4005 7518), see NS47NW 16.

The major site of the Scottish Maritime Museum comprises a complex of discrete buildings and outdoor exhibits spread along the south side of Irvine Harbour (NS33NW 40), where it forms the frontage for an area of rejuvenated residential development.

Museum buildings situated outwith Irvine are the Denny Ship Model Experimental Tank (centred NS 4005 7518) at Castle St, Dumbarton (for which see NS47NW 16) and the 'Clydebuilt' visitor centre, which is situated within the Braehead Retail Park at NS c. 306 381.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 March 2001.

Scottish Maritime Museum [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, June 2009.