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Inverness, Thornbush Slipway, Shipbuilding Yard

Shipyard (Post Medieval)

Site Name Inverness, Thornbush Slipway, Shipbuilding Yard

Classification Shipyard (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Inverness Harbour; Thornbush Shipyard; South Kessock; River Ness; Inner Moray Firth

Canmore ID 13343

Site Number NH64NE 128

NGR NH 6610 4645

NGR Description Centred NH 6610 4645

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Inverness And Bona
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH64NE 128.00 centred 6610 4645

NH64NE 128.01 NH 6612 4641 crane

NH64NE 128.02 NH 65994 46556 sheerlegs

A large steel-frame, corrugated iron structure surrounded by a number of smaller, similarly built structures. There are two slipways, the larger being flanked both sides by a side slip-way. Also of note is the set of 24-ton sheer-legs (NH64NE 128.02), at the time of Hume's writing, the last in Scotland.

J R Hume 1977.

Architecture Notes

NH64NE 128 6610 4645

A large steel-frame, corrugated iron structure surrounded by a number of smaller, similarly built structures. There are two slipways, the larger being flanked both sides by a side slip-way. Also of note is the set of 24-ton sheer-legs (NH64NE 142), at the time of Hume's writing, the last in Scotland.

J R Hume 1977

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