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Alnessferry
Landing Point (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Alnessferry
Classification Landing Point (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Alness Ferry; Cromarty Firth
Canmore ID 13642
Site Number NH66NE 37
NGR NH 66 66
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13642
- Council Highland
- Parish Resolis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NE 37 66 66
Not to be confused with pier at Alness, Belle Port (NH 67322 68892), for which see NH66NE 30.
(Location cited as NH 664 663). Alness Ferry: a roadway between steep banks curves down to the shore. At high tide no structural remains of the terminal are visible. The very exposed site lies directly S of and at the shortest crossing from the mouth of the Alness river [NH c. 65 67]. It may have originated as a fair weather terminal from some point on the Alness delta, perhaps the area of the present Dalmore Distillery pier (Dalmore Pier: NH66NE 36), long before the building Alness Belle Port (NH66NE 30), where there is a large ruined building and a similar road to the shore, more easily than Alness Ferry, or could have used Balblair [Balblair Pier: NH76NW 18, at NH 7024 6715] as an alternative refuge.
A Graham and J Gordon 1988.
