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Bonawe Jetty
Jetty (18th Century)
Site Name Bonawe Jetty
Classification Jetty (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kelly's Quay; Bonawe Ironworks; Loch Etive; Bonawe Pier; Bonawe, Lorne Furnace And Ancillary Buildin; Brochroy; Airds Bay
Canmore ID 23499
Site Number NN03SW 16
NGR NN 00702 32199
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23499
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN03SW 16 00702 32199
Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1976.
For (associated) Bonawe Ironworks (NN 009 318), see NN03SW 5.00.
Publication Account (2007)
Kelly’s Pier, of traditional drystone construction in granite, built in 1752–53, extends over 400 ft northwards into Loch Etive. It is 20 ft wide and enlarged at the head for the berthing of ships carrying iron ore from Cumbria and was built for, and possibly by, the Newland Company of Furness in Cumberland. A short extension in timber to reach deeper water was added later, probably when steamships were introduced, of which only the rotting timber piles now remain.
The lease of the nearby Bonawe Furnace was assumed by Alexander Kelly of Bonawe in 1863, from whom the pier has taken its name. Repairs were made in 1960 and in 1994– 95 a full scheme of repair by traditional drystone building methods was undertaken. The pier is now privately owned and still in use.
R Paxton and Jim Shipway 2007b
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
