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Red Heugh
Coastguard Station (19th Century), Coastguard Tower (19th Century), Enclosure (19th Century)
Site Name Red Heugh
Classification Coastguard Station (19th Century), Coastguard Tower (19th Century), Enclosure (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Redheugh Coast Guard Station
Canmore ID 114049
Site Number NT87SW 15
NGR NT 8248 7035
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114049
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cockburnspath
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT87SW 15 8248 7035
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.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
GUARD 1996
Roofless structure in enclosure seen on 1946 aerial photographs. Structure is marked on 1:10 000 map. B17 7014-5 15/4/46.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
Site recorded from draft text of Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1996 (ref: 96/580), held by Council for Scottish Archaeology.
CSA 1996
Field Visit (1996)
Roofless structure in enclosure seen on 1946 aerial photographs. Structure is marked on 1:10 000 map. B17 7014-5 15/4/46.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.
Note (4 September 2015)
Redheugh Coast Guard Station and Watch House are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Berwickshire 1857, i). The buildings of the coastguard station are situated about 300m to the W of the watch house at (NT 8218 7040).
Information from RCAHMS (LMcC) 4 September 2015
Sbc Note
Visibility: Unknown. The state of preservation of this structure or monument is unknown.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
