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Cullykhan Shore, Old Quay

Quay (Period Unknown)

Site Name Cullykhan Shore, Old Quay

Classification Quay (Period Unknown)

Alternative Name(s) Troup; Castle Point; Cullykhan Bay

Canmore ID 123976

Site Number NJ86NW 15

NGR NJ 8379 6613

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NJ86NW 15 8379 6613

Old Quay [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1971.

Air photography (AAS/97/12/G26/7, flown 9 October 1997) has recorded the wave-eroded and badly-collapsed remains of an old quay (built of red sandstone blocks) on the S-facing side of Cullykhan Shore.

NMRS, MS/712/26.

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Field Visit (May 2022)

NJ 83790 66130 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. Quay is as described. Possibly a landing place related to the castle.

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

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