Dumfries, Kingholm Quay
Dock Basin (19th Century), Quay (19th Century), Warehouse(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Dumfries, Kingholm Quay
Classification Dock Basin (19th Century), Quay (19th Century), Warehouse(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dumfries Harbour; Port Of Dumfries; River Nith
Canmore ID 65705
Site Number NX97SE 33
NGR NX 97472 73568
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65705
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97SE 33 centred 97472 73568
For Dumfries Harbour (centred NX 973 756), see NX97NE 125.
For axe-hammer found near Kingholm Quay, see NX97SE 28.
(Location cited as NX 975 735). Kingholm Quay, rebuilt c. 1836-40. A quay running along the E bank of the Nith, with a small, badly-silted basin. This has red-brick, single-storey transit sheds. Nearby was an interesting three-storey and attic, four-bay warehouse, with two-storey dwellinghouses adjoining, unfortunately rather tastelessly modernised. The basin is used by pleasure boats.
J R Hume 1976.
The existing harbour-works at Kingholm date only from the first quarter of the 19th century; an earlier quay was built in 1746, and a landing-place of some sort was in use here in 1707.
A Graham and A E Truckell 1977
