Moray HER - NJ27SW0011 - LOSSIEMOUTH OLD HARBOUR

Site Details
Date and Period
Location Map
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Spatial Information
Maritime

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	B	100

Period Notes

Later harbour commenced 1703; earlier harbour or port mentioned in 1383, 1551.

Architect Details

In 1685 the burgh council of Elgin called in a German engineer recorded as Peter Bruce, and identifiable as the Peter Brauss and on his advice decided that a harbour was necessary and could be made at a place called Elginehead, already the burgh's property and distant from it less than three miles. Elginehead has not survived as a place-name, but the site was probably the same as that of the 'Old Harbour' that is marked on the OS maps.