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Helensburgh, Clyde Street, Pier

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Pier (19th Century)

Site Name Helensburgh, Clyde Street, Pier

Classification Pier (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Helensburgh Pier; Ferry Terminal; Firth Of Clyde; Inner Clyde Estuary

Canmore ID 129472

Site Number NS28SE 43

NGR NS 29385 82053

NGR Description NS 2938 8203 to NS 2947 8225

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Rhu
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS28SE 43 2938 8203 to 2947 8225

Ferry Terminal [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.

(Location cited as NS 294 822). Helensburgh Pier, rebuilt 1861 and 1872. A long straight rubble pier, which was a steamer pier until the opening of Craigendoran (NS38SW 30) in 1883.

J R Hume 1976.

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Architecture Notes

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PLANS :

S.R.O. RHP 9101 19th century - plan and section of part of intended harbour.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

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Field Visit (21 May 2015)

Connected with the Clyde

The pier at Helensburgh, once a ferry terminal, is now derelict. An area of foreshore measuring at least 2ha in extent immediately to the east has been reclaimed and currently supports a municipal swimming pool, a car park, and a play park.

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 21 May 2015.

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