West Beacon, Scurdie Ness is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Beacon.
West Beacon, Scurdie Ness
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-chapel-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Beacon
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
A pair of beacons or daymarks marking the entrance to Montrose Harbour at the point of Scurdie Ness where the River South Esk enters the sea.
East Beacon is a sharply-tapering, conical, white-washed rubble stone beacon around 4m in height with a graduated ashlar base. West beacon is located higher up the shoreline. It is also conical in shape with a flat top and is constructed from white-washed coursed and snecked masonry. At only around 1.2m in height, the west beacon may not survive to its original height.
Historical development
The beacons are believed to be of 18th-century date (Hume 1976). They were erected to guide the masters of vessels entering the port of Montrose and are marked as 'beacon' on a chart of the harbour of Montrose (surveyed 1833, published 1842). The Ordnance Survey Second Edition map of Forfarshire (published 1904) denotes west beacon as a semaphore.
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