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Greenock, Ker Street, Former Shipyard
Shipyard (19th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Ker Street, Former Shipyard
Classification Shipyard (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scott's Shipyard
Canmore ID 68392
Site Number NS27NE 25
NGR NS 279 765
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68392
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NE 25 2797 7651
NS 2797 7651 The area affected by the development is regarded as archaeologically sensitive due to its location within
the old harbour. Although the harbour was developed mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries, there was a possibility that material relating to the pre-19th-century use of the waterfront could survive beneath the more recent structures. The watching brief in February 2005 revealed one main feature of archaeological interest. This consisted of a concrete floor surface with associated structures, including rail tracks. The concrete floor appeared to be built over compact deposits of clay containing industrial debris. This material appears to have been brought in as infill and may relate to the construction of shipyards in the area. A basin is known to have separated Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard and these deposits could mark the location of the filled-in basin.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with WoSAS.
C Francoz, 2006.
Watching Brief (February 2005)
NS 2797 7651 The area affected by the development is regarded as archaeologically sensitive due to its location within the old harbour. Although the harbour was developed mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries, there was a possibility that material relating to the pre-19th-century use of the waterfront could survive beneath the more recent structures. The watching brief in February 2005 revealed one main feature of archaeological interest. This consisted of a concrete floor surface with associated structures, including rail tracks. The concrete floor appeared to be built over compact deposits of clay containing industrial debris. This material appears to have been brought in as infill and may relate to the construction of shipyards in the area. A basin is known to have separated Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard and these deposits could mark the location of the filled-in basin.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS. Report lodged with WoSAS and NMRS.
Sponsor: Smith Design Associates.
C Francoz 2005
Note (2 June 2017)
Nothing is now visible of a ‘Messrs Scott’s Ship Building Yard’, which was first depicted on J Wood’s 1825 ‘Plan of the Town of Greenock’, and subsequently on the Great Reform Act Map of Greenock of 1832, and Anderson MacFarlane’s map of 1842 of ‘Greenock and its environs’ on which it is annotated ‘Mr Scott’s Ship Building Yd.’. On each map the shipyard is shown as comprising a basin and a dry dock; two of the maps show three launching slipways.
R M Smith (1921) states that the Scott family first established a shipyard in 1711 for fishing boats, probably in the West Burn area. Although the yard is noted on the maps as being one yard, Smith (1921) refers to a Robert Duncan also working in the same location but it is unclear what part was Scott’s yard. Caird bought over part of Scott’s yard in 1863, with the other part bought by MacNab. MacNab sold out to Caird who completed the purchase of the rest of the yard in 1872 and the 3rd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Renfrewshire 1914, sheet 2.06) shows the merged property (see NS27NE 425).
Information from Historic Environment Scotland (AKK) 27 April 2016.
