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Lerwick, Commercial Street, Private Pier And Jetties

Jetty(S) (Period Unassigned), Pier (18th Century)

Site Name Lerwick, Commercial Street, Private Pier And Jetties

Classification Jetty(S) (Period Unassigned), Pier (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Harbour

Canmore ID 1066

Site Number HU44SE 33

NGR HU 4796 4124

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Lerwick
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU44SE 33 4796 4124.

See also HU44SE 32.

(Location cited as HU 479 413). Private pier and jetties, Lerwick. 18th to 19th century. The ruins of an iron-piled pier and a group of private rubble-built jetties, now disused. cf. Stromness [Orkney].

J R Hume 1977.

The ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345) essentially forms an extensive roadstead which comprises the waters of Bressay Sound between the narrow Northern entrance (around HU 475 445) and the broader Southern entrance (around HU 483 400). The main facilities are to be found around HU 477 414, on the W side of the Sound; recent development extends Northwards from this point.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 October 2007.

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