Buist's Embankment
Bank (Earthwork) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Buist's Embankment
Classification Bank (Earthwork) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Tyne
Canmore ID 113799
Site Number NT67NW 79
NGR NT 6149 7859
NGR Description From NT 6149 7859 to NT 6335 7856
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Whitekirk And Tyninghame
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NW 79 6149 7859 to 6335 7856
Site recorded during a rapid coastal survey undertaken by GUARD of the S shore of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling and along the N shore of the Forth to the Fife border. A gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments was produced. Full details of the survey can be consulted in the report held by the NMRS.
NT 614 785 - NT 633 785 Land reclamation, bank
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
This embankment forms the tidal limit of Bellhaven Bay, and follows the course of the River Tyne almost as far inland as Tyninghame Bridge. It is shown on the OS 6" 1st edition County Series, and appears to be largely unchanged to date. OS 6" 1st edition County Series 1854, Haddingtonshire sheet 6.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
Field Visit (1996)
NT 614 785 - NT 633 785 Land reclamation, bank
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
This embankment forms the tidal limit of Bellhaven Bay, and follows the course of the River Tyne almost as far inland as Tyninghame Bridge. It is shown on the OS 6" 1st edition County Series, and appears to be largely unchanged to date. OS 6" 1st edition County Series 1854, Haddingtonshire sheet 6.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
