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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/133367
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Gamrie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
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.
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).
