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Angus Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Site details Map 8
ID
68
Site Name
Pebble Rock
Easting
372265
Northing
754171
Site Type
Derelict building
Period
Modern
Coast Location
10m
Condition
Poor
Threats
None
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
Remains of a stone and mortar building. Much of the southern elevation survives, as doespart of the east and west wall, but the northern is obscured in the undergrowth.The length ofthe structure was approximately 9m.
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Field Description
ID
69
Site Name
Fishtown of Usan, Hand winch
Easting
372560
Northing
754520
Site Type
Winch
Period
Modern
Coast Location
40m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Winch on stone platform, suffering from corrosion.
Photo
Field Description
Site of a hand-winch recorded by Hume in the 1970s. No further information.
ID
70
Site Name
Fishtown of Usan, Harbour
Easting
372500
Northing
754400
Site Type
Harbour
Period
Unknown
Coast Location
Intertidal
Condition
Good
Threats
Possible sea erosion
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Natural harbour with no apparent modifications
Photo
Field Description
Harbour still in use. A natural harbour with no apparent structural modifications.
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ID
71
Site Name
Fishtown of Usan
Easting
372591
Northing
754523
Site Type
Channel
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Intertidal
Condition
Good
Threats
Possible sea erosion
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
Channel, possibly originally connected with the salt pan (later converted to icehouse).Evidence for modern use occurs in the form of iron chains and rings and an anchor and astone wall on the west.
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Field Description
ID
72
Site Name
Fishtown of Usan, ice house/saltpan
Easting
372592
Northing
754572
Site Type
Icehouse
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Good
Threats
Possible sea erosion
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
As described, the building is still in use and has a turf roof.
Photo
Field Description
Remains of an ice-house and associated saltpan. The panhouse survives though nowconverted for another purpose. It is built of coursed rubble and coursed dressed stone, andhas a protruding chimney and a vaulted turf roof. By 1794 two pans had been built and athird was being operated by 1798. Salt production ceased in the early 19th century and thepanhouse was converted into an icehouse during the latter part of the 19th century.
ID
102
Site Name
Usan
Easting
372460
Northing
754619
Site Type
Ruined cottages either side of tower
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
15m
Condition
Fair
Threats
Decay
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
A line of stone-built one storey cottages with a cental rendered tower, aligned approximatelynorth-west to south-east, at right angles to the shore. Internal brick fireplaces and chimneyswere observed within some houses, but present use is as storage for a fishyard .
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Field Description
Remains of a tower. A square and harled four-storey 19th century signal tower, built withmedieval references and topped by machiolations and crenellations. The tower is built aspart of the now ruined street of single-storey cottages of the former fishtown, with its wallsbecoming the gable ends of the adjoining properties.
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ID
103
Site Name
Mains of Usan
Easting
372996
Northing
755685
Site Type
Harbour and winch
Period
Unknown
Coast Location
Intertidal
Condition
Good
Threats
Sea erosion
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Natural harbour with no apparent modifications. There is an associated winch, approximately10m to the west.
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Field Description
ID
104
Site Name
St Mary's Chapel
Easting
372969
Northing
755698
Site Type
Burial Ground
Period
Medieval
Coast Location
10m
Condition
Good
Threats
Decay
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
The former chapel is a square, stone-built roofless structure with memorial plaques on theinternal walls. No headstones, obvious graves or boundary walls were located. A secondcoarse stone-built structure to the west, with a brick-built chimney and a flat roof could alsorelate to the burial ground.
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Field Description
Remains of Chapel. The site is now the burial-place of the Scotts and Lennys of the district.The burying ground is a small enclosure of c.6m square with a thick wall c.2.13m highhaving a door or gateway on the south-west.
ID
105
Site Name
Usan, Chapel Mill
Easting
372910
Northing
755700
Site Type
Ruined mill complex
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
15m
Condition
Fair
Threats
Decay
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
Coarse stone-built mill buildings consisting of two east-west aligned buildings and twoabutting north-south aligned buildings. A brickbuilt chimney was recorded at the westernedge of the southernmost building. The structures' roofs have collapsed and they have rottenfloors. There is evidence for sluice features. A further building, to the south-west, may beassociated with the complex.
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Field Description
Remains of a now disused mill. The mills are depicted as corn mills on the OS map of 1846as three adjoining buildings on main orientation of WNW, ESE. By 1888 it had becomedisused. The 2005 map and aerial photograph overlay layer at the Angus SMR show that themill buildings are derelict and that the ponds remain, although they are partially choked andinfilled.
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ID
106
Site Name
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse
Easting
373322
Northing
756758
Site Type
Lighthouse
Period
19th century
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Well maintained lighthouse, still in-use with at least 6 outhouses associated with thelighthouse, one of which is a large dwelling.
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Field Description
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse guards and defines the entrance to Montrose harbour from aposition near the tip of the promontory of the same name, which projects markedly into theNorth Sea on the south side of the mouth of the combined rivers North and South Esk. Itwas built in 1870 by engineers D and T Stevenson as part of the programme instigatedfollowing the Baillie Hamilton report, and was first lit in 1870. It was temporarily repaintedin black during the second world war, and was automated in 1987.
ID
107
Site Name
Scurdie Ness Battery
Easting
373280
Northing
756692
Site Type
Battery
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location Condition
N/A
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
Site not located during survey, area is under plough.
Photo
Field Description
Site of fort/battery. It was recorded in the OSA of 1792 as 'The remains of a square earthenfort, each side being c.50' in length, is on the coast just south of the estuary of the Esk...Tradition states that it was used in Cromwell's time and it was fortified in 1745. Around1770, a beacon tower was erected on the site.' The 1st edition OS map shows a small lengthof gently curving earthwork at this point, which has been removed by the time of the 2ndedition OS map. In 1958 the OS visited and reported: '... no feature survives'.
ID
108
Site Name
Scurdie Ness
Easting
373186
Northing
756712
Site Type
Small structure
Period
Modern
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Small outbuilding built of brick and stone, with a sloped roof on a concrete base. The doorhas been blocked up.
Photo
Field Description
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ID
109
Site Name
Johnny Mains Harbour
Easting
373189
Northing
756766
Site Type
Harbour
Period
Unknown
Coast Location
Intertidal
Condition
Good
Threats
Possible sea erosion
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
A natural harbour, modifications were observed in the form of a metal vertical loop on themost easterly rock promontary
Photo
Field Description
Remains of an old harbour. No further information.
ID
110
Site Name
Johnny Mains Harbour
Easting
373137
Northing
756749
Site Type
Capstan
Period
Modern
Coast Location
15m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Metal capstan relating to natural harbour site 109.
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Field Description
ID
111
Site Name
Scurdie Ness, East Beacon
Easting
373031
Northing
756804
Site Type
Beacon
Period
18th century
Coast Location
Intertidal
Condition
Fair
Threats
Sea and weather erosion
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
Stone-built and whitewashed beacon with evidence of erosion on its northern side.
Photo
Field Description
Scurdie Ness, east beacon. Remains of beacon light on south side of harbour entrance. Asharply tapering rubble built beacon from the 18th century. The taller of the two beacons onScurdie Ness.
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ID
112
Site Name
Scurdie Ness, west beacon
Easting
372786
Northing
756784
Site Type
Beacon
Period
18th century
Coast Location
3m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Stone-built and whitewashed beacon on a square concrete platform approximately 4m tall.
Photo
Field Description
Scurdie Ness, west beacon. Remains of beacon light on south side of harbour entrance. Aconical beacon of 18th century date constructed from coursed and snecked masonry.
ID
113
Site Name
Montrose, Scurdie Ness
Easting
372609
Northing
756767
Site Type
Military tunnel
Period
World War II
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Good, though par
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Entrance to concrete tunnel relating to the gun emplacements known in the area.
Photo
Field Description
A concrete gun-emplacement situated on the S side of the entrance to Montrose Harbour. Atunnel has been cut into the cliff at beach level. The site is below the road from Ferryden toScurdie Ness. There is a bolt ring in the entrance to the tunnel and a concrete plaque abovethis which has now been damaged. In addition, one room with a rear entrance which hasnow collapsed.
ID
114
Site Name
Montrose, Scurdie Ness
Easting
372664
Northing
756771
Site Type
Possible gun emplacement
Period
World War II
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Poor
Threats
Use of area as rubbish dump
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
A partially-collapsed rounded concrete structure, surviving to a maximum height of 1.5m tallat southern edge and 1m in diameter. Details obscured by dense undergrowth and general useof area as rubbish dump.
Photo
Field Description
A concrete gun-emplacement situated on the S side of the entrance to Montrose Harbour. Atunnel has been cut into the cliff at beach level. The site is below the road from Ferryden toScurdie Ness. There is a bolt ring in the entrance to the tunnel and a concrete plaque abovethis which has now been damaged. In addition, one room with a rear entrance which hasnow collapsed.
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ID
115
Site Name
Montrose, Scurdie Ness
Easting
372631
Northing
756769
Site Type
Military tunnel
Period
World War II
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
Entrance to concrete tunnel, which appears to link up with other tunnel entrances in area. Thetunnel itself seems to run the length of the cliff on an east-west alignment. The tunnel itself isinaccessible due to an iron fence, but the entrance is approximately 5m tall and is about 5mwide, cut into the rock. There is a central plaque above the entrance, partly in Polish (?) andpartly in English. The English reads "POLAND AND VICTORY, POLISH SAPPERS, 1941".
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Field Description
ID
116
Site Name
Montrose, Ferryden
Easting
372501
Northing
756754
Site Type
Gun emplacement
Period
World War II
Coast Location
15m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
A brick-built structure with its north (sea-facing) side open, lying c.15m west of site 117,which is of similar build. The bricks are in English Garden Wall Bond 1 and 5 and it has aflat concrete roof. There are 5 loopholes in the eastern, northern and western side, two ofwhich have been blocked up.
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Field Description
Two brick and concrete gun-emplacements supplied with overhead covers. There is mentionin records (Public Record Office) of two 18 pounders at Ferryden manned by the HomeGuard. The two gun-emplacements are visible on RAF WWII air photographs (Vertical andoblique, sorties 772.H21, 6.83-6.84, flown 16 February 1942 and 309-22, 283-284, flownc.1941 respectively), which show that both were camouflaged.
ID
117
Site Name
Montrose, Ferryden
Easting
372474
Northing
756753
Site Type
Gun emplacement
Period
World War II
Coast Location
15m
Condition
Good
Threats
None
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
A brick-built structure with its north (sea-facing) side open, lying c.15m west of site 116,which is of similar build. The bricks are in English Garden Wall Bond 1 and 5 and it has aflat concrete roof. There are 5 loopholes in the eastern, northern and western side, two ofwhich have been blocked up.
Photo
Field Description
Two brick and concrete gun-emplacements supplied with overhead covers. There is mentionin records (Public Record Office) of two 18 pounders at Ferryden manned by the HomeGuard. The two gun-emplacements are visible on RAF WWII air photographs (Vertical andoblique, sorties 772.H21, 6.83-6.84, flown 16 February 1942 and 309-22, 283-284, flownc.1941 respectively), which show that both were camouflaged.
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ID
118
Site Name
Montrose, Ferryden
Easting
372303
Northing
756740
Site Type
Pillbox
Period
World War II
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Good
Threats
Possible sea erosion
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
A round concrete structure with "ORDONS" above doorway on south-west side (although theG of GORDONS may be obscurred behind an abutting wall). Approximately 5m in diameterand of similar build to site 119.
Photo
Field Description
Remains of a pillbox. A small round concrete pillbox situated just below the road fromFerryden to Scurdie Ness. The pillbox has only one loophole, but inscribed in the concreteabove the door is 'GORDON'.
ID
119
Site Name
Montrose, Ferryden
Easting
372270
Northing
756731
Site Type
Pillbox
Period
World War II
Coast Location
5m
Condition
Good
Threats
Possible sea erosion
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
A round concrete structure with doorway on south-west side, approximately 5m in diameter,and only 15m to the west of site 118, which is built in a similar style.
Photo
Field Description
Remains of a pillbox. A small round concrete pillbox is situated just below the road fromFerryden to Scurdie Ness. The pillbox has only one loophole.
ID
155
Site Name
Ferryden, Old Infants School Tower
Easting
371844
Northing
756690
Site Type
Old school and tower
Period
19th century
Coast Location
25m
Condition
Good
Threats
Nil
Recommendations
Nil
DBA Description
As described.
Photo
Field Description
Former infants school with tower and steeple. It is shown on the 2nd edition OS map(c.1888) onwards. The former schoolbuilding has a tower and steeple and is now convertedinto housing.
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ID
156
Site Name
Ferryden, Old Pier
Easting
371630
Northing
756730
Site Type
Pier
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
Old Pier.
ID
157
Site Name
Ferryden, Inchcape Quay
Easting
371420
Northing
756840
Site Type
Quay
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
Old Pier.
ID
158
Site Name
Ferryden
Easting
370768
Northing
756545
Site Type
Tollhouse
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
30m
Condition
Good
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
As described.
Photo
Field Description
Remains of a tollhouse. A single-storey structure with bay windows and hipped gables, theoriginal outline is now much disguised by a modern conversion to a dwelling house.
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ID
159
Site Name
Montrose, Ferryden Viaduct
Easting
370690
Northing
756619
Site Type
Railway viaduct
Period
19th century
Coast Location
Intertidal
Condition
Good
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
As described.
Photo
Field Description
Viaduct still in use. A 17-span brick viaduct with semicircular arches built about 1878 bythe North British Rly. This viaduct carries a single-track section of the Edinburgh-Aberdeenmain line of the former North British Rly across the (now-infilled) south arm of MontroseBasin. This viaduct remains in regular use.
ID
160
Site Name
Montrose, Leading Lights
Easting
371852
Northing
756971
Site Type
Beacon, former lighthouse
Period
19th Century
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Good
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
As described
Photo
Field Description
Beacon, still in use. The leading light into Montrose harbour is an early 19th centurylighthouse by engineer Robert Stevenson. A tall slightly tapering tower with a small lantern.This beacon forms a pair of leading lights with the inner light, defining the S side of thechannel of the River South Esk.
ID
161
Site Name
Montrose Harbour, J M Piggins Quay
Easting
371660
Northing
756970
Site Type
Quay
Period
Post medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
J M Piggins Quay [NAT] OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006. The location assigned to this record isthat indicated by the nomenclature on the OS (GIS) AIB. The structure may be considered tohave extended from NO c. 71602 57073 to NO c. 71687 56948, being contiguous withAndrew Mearns Quay to the NW.
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ID
162
Site Name
Montrose Harbour, Neish's Knuckle, Slipway
Easting
371584
Northing
757024
Site Type
Slipway
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
Slipway.
ID
163
Site Name
Montrose Harbour, Andrew Mearns Quay
Easting
371530
Northing
757060
Site Type
Quay
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
Andrew Mearns Quay [NAT] OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006. The location assigned to thisrecord is that indicated by the nomenclature on the OS (GIS) AIB. The structure may beconsidered to have extended from NO c. 71448 57158 to NO c. 71585 57005, beingcontiguous with both Fish Quay to the NW and J M Piggins Quayto the SE.
ID
165
Site Name
Craig Braes, Montrose Basin
Easting
370210
Northing
756588
Site Type
Salt Pans
Period
19th century
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Good
Threats
Erosion
Recommendations
Survey
DBA Description
As described.
Photo
Field Description
Remains of saltpans. An area of linear 'ponds' and the remains of an encircling dyke are allthat remains of saltpans in the south-east side of Montrose Basin. A salthouse and salt banksare noted on maps of the basin in 1805.
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ID
166
Site Name
Montrose Harbour, Fish Quay
Easting
371440
Northing
757170
Site Type
Quay
Period
Post medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
Fish Quay. The location assigned to this record is that indicated by the nomenclature on theOS (GIS) AIB. The structure may be considered to have extended from NO c. 71401 57201to NO c. 71448 57158, being contiguous with both Captain Graham Quay to the NW andAndrew Mearns Quay to the SE.
ID
167
Site Name
Montrose Harbour, Captain Graham Quay
Easting
371350
Northing
757240
Site Type
Quay
Period
Post Medieval
Coast Location
Coast edge
Condition
Unknown
Threats
N/A
Recommendations
N/A
DBA Description
The site is not accessible, but if it survives, it is buried below modern harbour installations.
Photo
Field Description
Captain Graham Quay. The location assigned to this record is that indicated by thenomenclature on the OS (GIS) AIB. The structure may be considered to have extended fromNO c. 71265 57323 to NO c. 71401 57201, being contiguous with both West Quay to theNW and Fish Quay to the SE.
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