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Portnancon, Fishing Station
Fishing Station (19th Century)
Site Name Portnancon, Fishing Station
Classification Fishing Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Portnancon, Pier And Store; Portnancon Pier
Canmore ID 85478
Site Number NC46SW 5.01
NGR NC 4271 6031
NGR Description Centred NC 4271 6031
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85478
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC46SW 5.01 centred 4271 6031.
For Portnancon township (centred NC 426 606), see NC46SW 5.00.
(Location cited as NC 427 603). Portnancon, pier, store etc. Mid 19th century. A long coursed-rubble pier with a ramp on one side, with a wood-piled extension at right-angles. There is a two-storey and attic storehouse with external stair to the first floor and the characteriestic Sutherland Estates projecting eaves. A small cottage next door is in similar style. There is also a small smoking house of wooden construction on a stone base.
J R Hume 1977.
Portnancon Pier is at NN 42756 60288.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 June 2008.
