Monument record MHG28681 - Lochaline, old pier
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6734 4422 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NM64SE |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | MORVERN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
NM64SE 25 6735 4422
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Known locally as “the West Pier”, not to be confused with the “Old Pier”, Lochaline SMR NM64SE0021, or the present Calmac Ferry Pier, NMRS NM 64 SE 13.
Consisting of a base of large rubble blocks, various phases of concrete constructions and a wooden quay at the seaward end, the pier measures 47m long WNE - ESE. It was built in 1883 and its most recent restoration was completed in 2001. (Information from Mr. A. Scoular, Lochaline; see A. Scoular: forthcoming “The West Pier” in Morvern Heritage Society: Exploring Morvern).
Field Verification Project (West Lochaber) - J Robertson, 03/2004
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Not to be confused with Lochaline, Mull Ferry Pier (NM 6797 4468) and Lochaline, Pier (NM 6796 4462), for which see NM64SE 13 and 20 respectively.
Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1976.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2707 Text/Publication/Volume: Ridley, G. 1990. Dive North-West Scotland. revised ed.. 96.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
