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Ardoch
Fish Trap(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Ardoch
Classification Fish Trap(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Clyde; Inner Clyde Estuary; Lee; Wester Ardoch; Ardoch Gardens
Canmore ID 274557
Site Number NS37NE 197
NGR NS 3580 7613
NGR Description NS 3586 7621 to NS 3578 7600
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274557
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Cardross (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS37NE 197 3586 7621 to 3578 7600
The Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey describes the fish trap as 'An old fish yard or yair on the strand of the Firth of Clyde a little of the farm house of Lee'
Name Book 1863
These stone built fish traps, the largest of which is depicted on both the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumbartonshire 1864, Sheet xxi) annotated 'Old Fish Yair' and the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991), have been recorded on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2005) lying off the shore about 500m SW of Ardoch.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM), 19 August 2005.
Publication Account (1863)
The Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey describes the fish trap as 'An old fish yard or yair on the strand of the Firth of Clyde a little of the farm house of Lee'
Name Book 1863
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (19 August 2005)
These stone built fish traps, the largest of which is depicted on both the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumbartonshire 1864, Sheet xxi) annotated 'Old Fish Yair' and the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991), have been recorded on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2005) lying off the shore about 500m SW of Ardoch.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM), 19 August 2005.
