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Greenock, Whiteforeland Point, Hms Dalriada, Pier
Pier (19th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Whiteforeland Point, Hms Dalriada, Pier
Classification Pier (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fort Matilda Pier; Inner Clyde Estuary; Inner Firth Of Clyde
Canmore ID 279192
Site Number NS27NE 394
NGR NS 25872 78085
NGR Description NS 25872 78085 to NS 25862 77985
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279192
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NE 394 25872 78085 to 25862 77985
Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1993.
Not to be confused with Prince's Pier (NS 2750 7710), for which see NS27NE 56.
Note (2 July 2013)
Part of the former submarine mining station.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 2 July 2013.
Desk Based Assessment (1 September 2017)
Nothing now remains of the pier that extended 120m north from the submarine mining station that lay immediately east of and partly occupied the coastal battery site of Fort Matilda (NS27NE 40) at Whiteforeland Point, Greenock. It is depicted on the 1895 plan of Fort Matilda (National Archives: WO78/2443/03) with a Fog Bell House standing at north end of the pier. The 1: 1250 OS Town plan of Greenock (1965, Sheet NS2577NE) shows a ‘T’ shaped extension to the end of the pier, with fog signal house and crane.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 1 September 2017.
