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Dunbar Harbour, Wall

Wall (Post Medieval)

Site Name Dunbar Harbour, Wall

Classification Wall (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Dunbar, Victoria Harbour

Canmore ID 113962

Site Number NT67NE 164

NGR NT 678 793

NGR Description NT c. 678 793

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Dunbar
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT67NE 164 678 793

See also NT67NE 147.

Site recorded during a rapid coastal survey undertaken by GUARD of the S shore of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling and along the N shore of the Forth to the Fife border. A gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments was produced. Full details of the survey can be consulted in the report held by the NMRS.

GUARD 1996

Site recorded from draft text of Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1996 (ref: 96/580), held by Council for Scottish Archaeology.

CSA 1996

On an embankment at the west end of Victoria Harbour is a small section of wall. The wall is of dressed sandstone blocks pointed with a light brown gritty mortar and runs approx north-south. A 0.70m section is visible under a Victorian boundary wall. A door jamb or threshold is visible in this section.

Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.

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Field Visit (1996)

On an embankment at the west end of Victoria Harbour is a small section of wall. The wall is of dressed sandstone blocks pointed with a light brown gritty mortar and runs approx north-south. A 0.70m section is visible under a Victorian boundary wall. A door jamb or threshold is visible in this section.

Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 1996.

Note (11 January 2024)

The description of the site matches the entrance to the Cistern and vaults (see NT67NE 503).

Information from HES 11 January 2023

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