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Alnessferry
Quay (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Alnessferry
Classification Quay (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 90261
Site Number NH66NE 51
NGR NH 66344 66412
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/90261
- Council Highland
- Parish Resolis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NE 51 6634 6640
Disused quay, formerly associated with the Alness ferry.
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993
A disused quay is marked and named on the first and second editions of the OS 6-inch maps (Ross & Cromarty 1880 & 1904 respectively, sheet lxv), but is not named on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 23 January 1996
Quay.
Destroyed by landfill for electric cable.
19th century AD or earlier.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
