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Leuchars, Platform
Platform (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned), Obstruction (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Leuchars, Platform
Classification Platform (Period Unassigned), Structure (Period Unassigned), Obstruction (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Eden Estuary; River Eden; Leuchars Airfield; Obstruction
Canmore ID 96727
Site Number NO42SE 96
NGR NO 49729 21329
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96727
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO42SE 96 49452 21202
Formerly entered as Site no. 8196 and also as NO42SE 8001 at cited location NO 4972 2133 [N 56 22.9 W 2 48.85].
Platform [NAT] (at NO 4962 2121)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1982.
Platform [NAT] (at NO 49452 21202)
OS (GIS) AIB, OCtober 2006.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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21 April 1977. A conspicuous piled platform (tilted over at an angle) lies on N side entrance to the Eden Estuary. Its existence is confirmed from OS aerial photos. Source: Pilot Handbook, east coast of Scotland.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Note: Structure is tide gauge.
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Fife Ness to Newburgh 1996
(Location amended to NO 49452 21202). This structure is of considerable size and without evident parallel. It is situated in an intertidal context to the N of the River Eden, but serves no apparent navigational purpose. It is, however, close to the E end of the main runway at Leuchars airfield (NO42SE 59.00), although off the extended centreline, and may have been a target. The suggestion (by UKHO) that it was a tide gauge remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 October 2006.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002996
Feature Class : Obstn
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.38167,-2.81417
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.38156,-2.81566
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.38167,-2.81417
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : Obstruction
Type : BROKEN PLATFORM
Contact Description : Other
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1977
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **21.4.77 CONSPICUOUS PILED PLATFORM (TILTED OVER AT AN ANGLE) ON N SIDE ENTRANCE TO EDEN ESTUARY IN 562254N, 024851W. EXISTANCE CONFIRMED FROM ORDNANCE SURVEY AIR PHOTOS. (PILOT HANDBOOK - E COAST SCOTLAND, LIBRARY REF 527.63 THO). INS AS OBSTN. (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED). NC 190.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/061/01 26.1.04 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 1061). NCA.
Chart Symbol : OB
Date Last Amended : 27/08/2003
Date Position Last Amended : 27/08/2003
