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Gardenstown, Harbour, North Sea

Harbour (19th Century)

Site Name Gardenstown, Harbour, North Sea

Classification Harbour (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Gardenstown Harbour; Gamrie Harbour; Gamrie Bay; Moray Firth

Canmore ID 133367

Site Number NJ76SE 17

NGR NJ 79930 64830

NGR Description Centred NJ 79930 68430

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

NJ76SE 17 centred 79930 64830

For adjacent storehouses (E and W net stores), see NJ76SE 20 and NJ76SE 21.

(Location cited as NJ 799 648). Harbour, Gardenstown, late 19th century. Formed by two piers and a quay, all concrete.

J R Hume 1977.

(Location cited as NJ 799 648). Air photographs of Gardenstown harbour and village: AAS/97/12/G26/16 and AAS/97/12/CT, all flown 9 October 1997.

NMRS, MS/712/29.

(Location cited as NJ 7990 6480 and name as Gamrie Harbour). Harbour: Two stone-built piers enclosing an approximately trianguar tidal basin; repaired in concrete and partly cemented. Built 1720 onwards; reconstructed 1868-74.

NMRS, MS/712/73.

Activities

Field Visit (May 2022)

NJ 79930 64830 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. No changes to description.

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

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