Building record MHG1901 - Lybster (invershore) Harbour
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2445 3490 (157m by 250m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND23SW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | LATHERON |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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ND23SW0025 Lighthouse
ND23SW0026 Stores
ND23SW0027 Fish processing plant
ND23SW0040 Fishery Office
ND23SW00 Fish smoking kiln
JHooper, 28/09/2001
ND23SW 15 245 349
For Lybster Harbour, Fish-smoking Kiln (ND 2441 3498), see ND23SW 19.
(Location cited as ND 245 349). Lybster Harbour. Built as a fishing harbour 1849, and rebuilt 1882 at expense of the Duke of Portland. A complex harbour with four basins. The quay walls have recently been sheet-piled. At the entrance is a small octagonal lighthouse, with a domed lantern. There are two storehouses, one of them three-storey and six-bay, the other two-storey and six-bay; upstream are the ruins of a two-storey, four-bay store, and of a mill.
J R Hume 1977.
This site has only been partially upgraded for SCRAN. For further information, please consult the Architecture Catalogues for Caithness District.
March 1998.
East Caithness Local Plan, May 1987: P115/6.21. Harbours, Piers and Jetties.
POLICY - The Council will continue to encourage, and where possible, support a continuing programme of work to harbours.
J Aitken : 23/05/01.
The harbour was visited and photgraphed by C Jones in April 2011. <1>
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SHG11429 Image/Photograph(s): Lybster.. Colour Slide. .
- --- SHG2247 Text/Publication/Monograph: Gifford, J. 1992. Highland and Islands. The Buildings of Scotland. Paper (Original). 123.
- --- SHG2306 Text/Publication/Volume: Hay and Stell, G D and G P. 1986. Monuments of industry. 190.
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 193.
- --- SHG2521 Text/Publication/Volume: Minchinton, W. 1984. A guide to industrial archaeology sites in Britain. 169.
- --- SHG3935 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG26489 Text/Report/Environmental Statement: Headland Archaeology. 2012. Beatrice offshore Wind farm: Environmental Statement. Arcus Renewable Energy Consulting Ltd. Digital.
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Record last edited
Jun 1 2016 4:00PM
