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Ardwoan Pier
Pier (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ardwoan Pier
Classification Pier (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ardvoan; Dornoch Firth
Canmore ID 14673
Site Number NH78NW 38
NGR NH 7383 8698
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14673
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (15 January 2014)
Remains of old pier consisting of stone boulders on landward side & remains of 8 wooden upright posts in intertidal area. c. 8 m wide & 26 m long with a possible further 10 metres into the water. Each side of the pier is formed by a stone wall with inner and outer faces in-filled with stone. In between the outside walls there are washed stones and pebbles.
Ardvoan was a quarter (0.4km) of a mile east of Meikle Ferry and was used as an emergency pier. It was a wooden structure used for the crossing of animals to Tain Friday market. Proc. Soc. Antiq Scot, 1987 vol.117 Page 228.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2013
