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Burghead, Harbour, Granaries

Warehouse(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Burghead, Harbour, Granaries

Classification Warehouse(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Burghead Harbour, North Quay; Burghead Boat Centre; 90, 92, 94 Granary Street; Torfness House

Canmore ID 16200

Site Number NJ16NW 59

NGR NJ 10831 69082

NGR Description NJ 10831 69082 to NJ 10990 69000

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16200

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Burghead, Granaries
View from SSW showing boat centre conversion
Burghead, Granaries
View from SSW showing boat centre conversionView from SE from S pier looking to North Pier and the warehouses.Burghead, Granaries
View from W across harbourBurghead, Granaries
View from SE showing SE building and boat centre conversionView from W showing North Quay and Telford House, warehouse.View from WSW showing North Quay and Telford House warehouse.View from SE of harbour and part of North Pier and two warehouses.Oblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the ESE.Oblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the ENE.Oblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the WNW.Oblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the W.View from SE.Oblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the E.View from SE.Burghead Harbour
View from SW showing sloping beach and NW granaryBurghead, Granaries
View from SE showing NW granaryBurghead, Harbour, Granaries, NJ16NW 59, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view of Burghead Harbour, taken from the NE.View from SW.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Duffus
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ16NW 59.00 1082 6908 to 1099 6900

NJ16NW 59.01 NJ 10846 69076 92 Granary Street

NJ16NW 59.02 NJ 10836 69086 94 Granary Street

NJ16NW 59.03 NJ 10866 69066 90 Granary Street

NJ16NW 59.04 NJ 10882 69057 1-8 North Quay, Granary House

For adjacent harbour (NJ 108 690), see NJ16NW 58.

(Location cited as NJ 108 690). Burghead, granaries. Built c. 1810. A group of buildings ranged parallel to the harbour (NJ16NW 58), of which the largest are one 4-storey, 5-bay and two 3-storey, 5-bay blocks. One of the latter has two elliptical-arched cart entries and has been converted to a 'boat centre'.

J R Hume 1977.

Activities

Publication Account (2007)

Torfness House

Historic Engineering work no. HEW 2531

This building, overlooking Burghead Harbour and dating from the early-19th century, was originally a granary warehouse. It has four floors carried on oak beams trussed with wrought-iron spanning 40 ft between walls, a rare survivor of such beams. There are three beams per floor supported on pad stones that cantilever from 3 ft thick masonry walls. Later the building served as a ship chandlery and is now a private dwelling house.

R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.

Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.

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