Measured Mile Marker Pole
Date 31 July 2009
Event ID 912807
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/912807
One remaining pole of 2 pairs of tall poles set 1 nautical mile from each other: poles set on concrete bases, with iron stays, and sights at upper level. Set amid rocks on the sea shore.
Erected for the use of ships undergoing tests and trials; these poles may not be the original ones. Surveyed by both Kyle and Frew, and Smith and Wharrie, land surveyors; checked by admiralty staff. Established by shipbuilders Robert Napier & Sons in 1866. (Historic Scotland)
