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Knock Head, Harbour
Harbour (Post Medieval)
Site Name Knock Head, Harbour
Classification Harbour (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Whitehills; Boyndie Bay; Blackpots Harbour; Blackpotts Haven
Canmore ID 133063
Site Number NJ66NE 4
NGR NJ 6596 6588
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/133063
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Boyndie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ66NE 4 6596 6588
Not to be confused with Whitehills harbour (NJ 655 657), for which see NJ66NE 2.00.
Harbour (dis) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.
(Location cited as NJ 659 659). Harbour, Blackpots, late 18th century. Firmed by a rubble pier, with a sea wall, and a pier, also rubble.
J R Hume 1977.
Air photographs: AAS/97/12/G26/21 and 23, and AAS/97/12/CT.
NMRS, MS/712/29.
Field Visit (September 2022)
Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. No changes to description. There is a cleared slipway on the east side of the harbour entrance leading to a landing beach.
Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE).
