Edinburgh, Leith Docks, New Entrance Lock
Lock (Post Medieval)
Site Name Edinburgh, Leith Docks, New Entrance Lock
Classification Lock (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 51978
Site Number NT27NE 57.03
NGR NT 26501 77830
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51978
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 57.03 26501 77830
Lock [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1971.
Location formerly entered as NT 264 779 to NT 265 777.
For (adjacent to NE) port entrance control building and signal tower (the 'pagoda'), see NT27NE 57.44.
1960's construction; control building ('pagoda') adjacent.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This entrance lock was built as part of the late 1960's reconstruction of Leith Docks, and incorporates three transverse sliding caisson gates. The port entrance control building and signal tower (the 'pagoda': NT27NE 57.44) stands alongside.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 June 2006.
