Boydston Shore; Gourockburn Bridge
Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Boydston Shore; Gourockburn Bridge
Classification Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gourock Burn; Firth Of Clyde; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 41035
Site Number NS24NW 45
NGR NS 21374 45144
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41035
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish West Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS24NW 45 213 451
At Gourock Burn, 80m linear wall from near high water mark. Terminates seaward against a rock outcrop. Scattered remnant to N near low water mark may have formed a V-trap.
E M Patterson 1989.
Observation (1989)
At Gourock Burn, 80m linear wall from near high water mark. Terminates seaward against a rock outcrop. Scattered remnant to N near low water mark may have formed a V-trap.
E M Patterson 1989.
Change Of Classification (26 August 2014)
A boulder wall, measuring at least 100m from NE to SW, is situated at the mouth of the Gourock Burn, where it debouches into the intertidal zone. It is unclear how it could have functioned as a fish trap, as previously suggested, and, given its position, it is more likely to have been constructed to direct the flow of the burn on the intertidal zone.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 5 March 2014.
Field Visit (5 March 2014)
A boulder wall, measuring at least 100m from NE to SW, is situated at the mouth of the Gourock Burn, where it debouches into the intertidal zone. It is unclear how it could have functioned as a fish trap, as previously suggested, and, given its position, it is more likely to have been constructed to direct the flow of the burn on the intertidal zone.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 5 March 2014.
