MHG12035 - Jetty - Keoldale
Summary
A stone-built jetty heavily patched up with concrete and tarmac.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Jetty, Keoldale, c. 1827. A neatly-built coursed-rubble jetty, for the ferry to the Cape Wrath road.
J R Hume 1977.
A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.
On the east side of the Kyle of Durness is a stone-built jetty heavily patched up with concrete and tarmac. It iconstructed from large and small conglomerate blocks ranging from 0.8 m by 0.8 m by 0.5 m to 0.3 m by 0.3 m by 0.1 m. The visible length at time of visit was 30 m but the jetty appeared to continue for some distance below the water. The width of the jetty is 3.5 m and it has a maximum height of 2.1 m at the west and 0.75 m at the east. The seaward side of the jetty is very ragged and repaired and has clearly lost some stonework. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 313.
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . Site 61.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3779 6613 (18m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/4815 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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