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Kingholm Quay
Mooring Stage (19th Century)
Site Name Kingholm Quay
Classification Mooring Stage (19th Century)
Canmore ID 349033
Site Number NX97SE 107
NGR NX 97508 73678
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/349033
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (17 November 2012)
A cannon, set muzzle down into the quay, now serving as a mooring post to which boats are tied. Local knowledge suggests that these were cast locally and intended for service in the Crimean War, but were flawed and unusable as guns, so turned into mooring posts.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 17th November 2012
