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Sandend, Harbour

Harbour (Post Medieval)

Site Name Sandend, Harbour

Classification Harbour (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 115273

Site Number NJ56NE 31

NGR NJ 55548 66540

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/115273

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Fordyce
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ56NE 31 554 665

Sandend. The concrete harbour is modern.

J R Hume 1977.

(Location cited as NJ 5555 6653). Air photograph: AAS/97/12/CT, flown 9 October 1997.

NMRS, MS/712/26.

Architecture Notes

NJ56NE 31.00 NJ55548 66540 Harbour

NJ56NE 31.01 NJ55587 66532 Breakwater

Activities

Field Visit (May 2022)

NJ 55548 66540 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. No additional description.

Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE).

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