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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands
Date 2007
Event ID 929248
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/929248
This natural harbour, protected by high water rocks, was well established as a fishing port at least as early as 1722 when it is said to have had 26 boats. By 1795 a small wharf existed. The harbour’s potential for improvement was referred to in 1837 but not actioned, but by 1868 a
short pier existed which was presumably demolished when the harbour was built.
The present harbour of about 112 acres, with its central jetty, adjoining the inner tidal basin enclosed by the west pier, which is accessed from an outer basin abutting its east side and enclosed by the east pier, was built in 1884 of local stone, possibly from nearby Balandro Quarry, at a cost of over £4000. The harbour, refurbished with concrete in the 1950s, contains from 10–20 ft depth of water at high tide and is now mainly used for leisure activities.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
