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Anstruther Easter, 11-13 East Shore, The Old Boat Yard
Boat Yard (18th Century), Storehouse (18th Century)
Site Name Anstruther Easter, 11-13 East Shore, The Old Boat Yard
Classification Boat Yard (18th Century), Storehouse (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Smith And Hutton Boatbuilders; Harbour Head; Scottish Fisheries Museum; Anstruther Harbour
Canmore ID 79016
Site Number NO50SE 61
NGR NO 56925 03480
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79016
- Council Fife
- Parish Anstruther Easter
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO50SE 61.00 56925 03480
NO50SE 61.01 5692 0348 well
See also NO50SE 21.
The Scottish Fisheries Museum (NO50SE 21) has been extended to incorporate the workshop and store of this (former) boatbuilding yard.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 March 1998.
Photographic Survey (July 1963)
Photographic survey of buildings in Anstruther Easter, Fife, by the Ministry of Work/Scottish National Buildings Record in July 1963.
Standing Building Recording (1 February 2013 - 23 March 2016)
NO 71950 57970 and NO 56930 03475 WA Coastal and Marine were commissioned by the Scottish Fisheries Museum to undertake two archaeological assessments and desk-based research. The first site is that of the Whaling Store which is incorporated into the complex of buildings of the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife. The second site is the Montrose Rope and Sail Works which has previously been investigated (Atkinson, Prescott and McCarthy 2010) and developed further in this current project.
Information from A. Bicket and D. Atkinson - Wessex Archaeology, 2016.
OASIS ID: waherita1-298424
