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Whitehills Harbour
Harbour (Post Medieval)
Site Name Whitehills Harbour
Classification Harbour (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Whitehills, Harbour Place; Moray Firth
Canmore ID 18434
Site Number NJ66NE 2
NGR NJ 65561 65712
NGR Description Centred NJ 65561 65712
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18434
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Boyndie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ66NE 2.00 centred 65561 65712
Harbour [NAT]
Pier [NAT ] (at NJ 6550 6571)
Quay [NAT] (at NJ 6558 6572)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.
NJ66NE 2.01 NJ 6547 6573 Lighthouse (beacon)
NJ66NE 2.02 NJ 65589 65674 Lifeboat station
Not to be confused with Knock Head, harbour (NJ 6296 6588), for which see NJ66NE 4.
For nearby warehouse (NJ 6552 6557), see NJ66NE 6.
For market (NJ 65624 65702) in Harbour Place, see NJ66NE 72.
Location formerly entered as NJ 655 657.
(Location cited as NJ 656 658). Harbour, Whitehills, rebuilt 1900 by engineers D and C Stevenson. The present harbour, of concrete construction is formed by an L-plan pier, with short retirn arm, and a long pier. The rectangular basin formed by these piers is split in two by a pier projecting from the seaward side of the L-plan pier. The old harbour, now filled in, was to the south and of rubble construction.
J R Hume 1977.
Desk Based Assessment (September 2022)
NJ 65561 65712 Harbour, probably dating to the earlier 18th Century. Harbour to the South, now infilled, was of rubble construction. The present harbour was rebuilt in 1900, and is of concrete construction. Formed by an L-plan pier, with a short return arm and a straight pier. Rectangular basin formed by these piers is split in 2 by a pier projecting from seaward side of L-plan pier. There is a lighthouse at the end of the pier.
Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE)
