Boydston Shore
Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Boydston Shore
Classification Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gourock Burn; Firth Of Clyde; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 41034
Site Number NS24NW 44
NGR NS 21406 45055
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41034
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish West Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24NW 44 214 450
A well-constructed fish trap, based on bedrock, but wave scattered to NW and SE. An ill-defined arc of large boulders near high water mark retains a tidal pond.
E M Patterson 1989.
Observation (1989)
A well-constructed fish trap, based on bedrock, but wave scattered to NW and SE. An ill-defined arc of large boulders near high water mark retains a tidal pond.
E M Patterson 1989.
Change Of Classification (26 August 2014)
This site comprises a rough boulder wall which runs in a rough arc for a distance of 36m from NNE to SSW in the inter-tidal zone at Boydstone Shore. It is unclear how it could have functioned as a fish trap as previously suggested.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 5 March 2014.
Field Visit (5 March 2014)
This site comprises a rough boulder wall which runs in a rough arc for a distance of 36m from NNE to SSW in the inter-tidal zone at Boydstone Shore. It is unclear how it could have functioned as a fish trap as previously suggested.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 5 March 2014.
