Jura, Craighouse, Small Isles Harbour, Old Pier
Pier (19th Century) (1814)
Site Name Jura, Craighouse, Small Isles Harbour, Old Pier
Classification Pier (19th Century) (1814)
Alternative Name(s) Sound Of Jura; Small Isles Harbour
Canmore ID 38236
Site Number NR56NW 22
NGR NR 52759 67126
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38236
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR56NW 22 52759 67126
Pier [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, March 2010.
For Old Pier, House (Storehouse) at NR 52705 67105, see NR56NW 39.
Not to be confused with New Pier ('Jura Pier') at NR 53005 66980, for which see NR56NW 48.
(Location cited as NR 527 672). Old Pier, Craighouse, built 1814, engineer Thomas Telford. A curved rubble pier protecting a length of quayed shore.
J R Hume 1977.
Field Visit (August 1974)
NR527671. This pier was erected under the direction of the Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges in 1812-14 in accordance with a plan and specification prepared by John Sinclair, road surveyor, at an estimated cost of £712. The pier is constructed of local rubble blocks and is L-shaped on plan, having landing-steps on the inner side of the main sea-wall; a second flight of steps was subsequently constructed on the outer side of the sea-wall.
(Highland Roads, Ninth Report, 1821; Telford, Atlas; Budge)
RCAHMS 1984, visited August 1974.
