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Troon Harbour, Lifeboat Station

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Lifeboat Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Troon Harbour, Lifeboat Station

Classification Lifeboat Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Troon, Lifeboat House

Canmore ID 281404

Site Number NS33SW 23.13

NGR NS 30939 31534

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Dundonald (Kyle And Carrick)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS33SW 23.13 30939 31534

Lifeboat Station [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1986.

Lifeboat Station [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.

In 1871, a lifeboat house was built in Portland St, the boat being rolled out and lowered by crane into the coaling basin [location unclear]. This house was used until 1904, when moorings were taken in the Inner Harbour [NS33SW 23.17] beyond the Gut Bridge [NS33SW 23.20]; the boat was kept on moorings the year round, and the lifeboat house sold.

In 1929, new shore facilities were built on the shipbreakers' breakwater quay [location unknown]. In 1949, they were transferred to a site adjacent to the Inner Basin [Inner Harbour]; this was extended in 1981 to provide a crew room.

In 1987, a new crew assembly building was constructed on the quayside. This was extended in 1996.

N Leach 1999.

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