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Glencaple, Quay
Harbour (19th Century), Quarry (19th Century), Quay(S) (19th Century), Stone (19th Century), Warehouse(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Glencaple, Quay
Classification Harbour (19th Century), Quarry (19th Century), Quay(S) (19th Century), Stone (19th Century), Warehouse(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Nith; Glencaple Harbour; Glencaple, Pier
Canmore ID 65444
Site Number NX96NE 39
NGR NX 99409 68700
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65444
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Caerlaverock
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX96NE 39 99409 68700
Quay [NAT] (at NX 99379 68695)
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2009.
(Location cited as NX 994 687). Glencaple Harbour, rebuilt 1836-40. A large rubble pier with two single-storey, 19th-century warehouses on it, and the decayed remains of quays along the river bank. Now little used.
J R Hume 1976.
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