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Shiel Bridge, The Cannery

Fishing Station (18th Century)

Site Name Shiel Bridge, The Cannery

Classification Fishing Station (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Dorlin; Fishing Station; Store; Fish House; Loch Moidart

Canmore ID 108548

Site Number NM67SE 27

NGR NM 66157 71273

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Arisaig And Moidart
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Fishing Station, its site indicated on Bruce's map of 1733 , the present group largely 19th century. A rare survival, comprising pier, two-storey store/house and pair of above-ground, grass-roofed icehouses.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Archaeology Notes

NM67SE 27.00 66157 71273

NM67SE 27.01 NM 66117 71257 Pier

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