Aberdeenshire HER - NJ56NE0016 - PORTSOY STATION

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ56NE0016
NamePORTSOY STATION
NMRS Card No.NJ56NE11
NMRS Numlink17930
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Railway station opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1884 replacing the earlier station to the northeast (NJ56NE0015) when the line was extended west. Formerly a 2-platform through station with offices in a handsome single storey wooden building. There were two signal boxes, both opened in 1884. The north box closed in 1936, the south box in 1959, the station and line closing in 1968. It is single-storey, double cruciform in plan and weatherboarded. The long elevation facing the former line has paired projecting gables flanking a former canopied waiting area now infilled with weatherboarded cladding. There are plain bargeboards, slender wooden apex finials, slate roof and single coped masonry chimney. The station building is in use by the local scouts. The platforms have been landscaped.
Last Update28/10/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 5891 6569


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
SIGNAL-BOXES SITE OFB100
STATIONSRAILWAYTHROUGHA100

Google Map for NJ56NE0016


National Status

Regional Status


Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
RCMH76/177/13-15 Ground Black & White 10/06/1976

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
00870Industrial Archaeology of ScotlandJR Hume1977  London175  

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Fordyce
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Automated
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude20
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1NE,E
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Derelict Building
Vegetation
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Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Opened 1884.

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Maritime Archaeology

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