Site type LANDING POINT
Canmore ID 124781
Site Number NS05SE 31
NGR NS 08380 53186
Council ARGYLL AND BUTE
Parish KINGARTH
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District ARGYLL AND BUTE
Former County BUTESHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS05SE 31 08380 53186.

NS 083 531. Port Dornach, Dunagoil, terminus of ferry to Arran established 1684.
Sponsor: Buteshire Natural History Society
I Maclagan 1995

This site was noted during a coastal zone assessment survey undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd to characterise the state of coastal erosion and the threat it poses to cultural heritage sites. A gazetteer in the report included a note of existing records and new sites when discovered. Where the site was located, notes included condition, period/date and recommendations.
Commissioned by The Scape Trust and Firth of Clyde Forum on behalf of Historic Scotland.
Cressey and Johnson 2004

Port Dornach is a natural inlet situated at the S end of Dunagoil Bay. It has a shingle beach and there is no evidence for either a jetty or a slipway.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, AGCH) 20 March 2009.

Notes and Activities

1863	FIELD VISIT

Further details

1995

REFERENCE

Notes NS 083 531. Port Dornach, Dunagoil, terminus of ferry to Arran established 1684.
Sponsor: Buteshire Natural History Society
I Maclagan 1995

Further details

December 2003

FIELD VISIT

Project Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, Firth of Clyde and Isle of Bute, 2004

Notes This site was noted during a coastal zone assessment survey undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd to characterise the state of coastal erosion and the threat it poses to cultural heritage sites. A gazetteer in the report included a note of existing records and new sites when discovered. Where the site was located, notes included condition, period/date and recommendations.
Commissioned by The Scape Trust and Firth of Clyde Forum on behalf of Historic Scotland.
Cressey and Johnson 2004

Further details

6 February 2009

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Further details

20 March 2009

FIELD VISIT

Project RCAHMS Isle of Bute Survey

Notes Port Dornach is a natural inlet situated at the S end of Dunagoil Bay. It has a shingle beach and there is no evidence for either a jetty or a slipway.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, AGCH) 20 March 2009.

Further details

Books and References

Maclagan, I (1995a) 'Harbour quays and ferry ports, (North Bute, Rothesay & Kingarth parish), sea communications', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 67

Maclagan, I (1997) The piers and ferries of Bute, Bute
Held at RCAHMS D.11.31.MAC

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