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MHG30128 - Pier - Tongue House

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Not to be confused with Tongue, Ferry Pier (NC 5809 5849), for which see NC55NE 26. For adjacent boathouse, see NC55NE 28.

(Location cited as NC 592 588). Pier, Tongue, probably early 20th century. A substantial masonry pier with an angled head.
J R Hume 1977.

A pier (NC 55 NE 27) built out for 79 m into the Kyle, curving slightly WNW, 8.5 m wide and which has a near right-angle turn at the seaward end. This dog-leg runs NE-SW and is 15.5 m long and 6.5 m wide. The pier is constructed with large (0.7 m across) boulders at the edges with the interior surface being elongated cobbles, frequently patched with brick and concrete. The original construction was bonded with shell-mortar. There are rusted iron mooring-pins embedded on the surface of this pier and a stone slab-seat on a concrete plinth has been added at the end. At the SE end there is a concrete surface which joins on to a 40 m long (as visible at time of survey) slipway which is 3.4 m wide. This slipway leads to the doors of a wooden boat-house. A further boat-house is on the other side of the road. This boat-house is 14.4 m E-W by 4 m. There is a small track at the east end of this structure which leads from the modern road to the shore. This whole complex is being maintained, and apart from some cracks <1>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5914 5886 (49m by 62m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC55NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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