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Map 25The greatest number of records are for 19th and 20th vessels wrecked or groundedoff Scurdie Ness , the entrance to Montrose Harbour and Annat Sandbank. The 19th

century lighthouse (404), beacons (408, 409) and Johnny Mains Harbour (407) arelocated at Scurdie Ness, along with an 18th century fort (401), the earthwork remainsof which are depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey. World War II defences(gun emplacements and pillboxes, a battery) line the entrance to Montrose Harbour.Isolated finds recovered from Scurdie Ness comprise a polished axe (402) and metalbutton (405). 15th - 18th century metal objects including a shot ball have beenrecovered near the entrance to Montrose Harbour.

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ID 391 Site Name MARY: POINT OF NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type CRAFT (19TH CENTURY)

Original method of discovery HSEasting 373000 Northing 756000

DescriptionCraft (19th century).

NMRS No. NO75NW 8025SMR No. Wreck

ID 392 Site Name JOHN AND JESSIE: HARBOUR ROCKS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type LUGGER (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionLugger (19th century).


ID 393 Site Name UNKNOWN: MONTROSE NESS, NORTH SEA

Site Type SLOOP (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionSloop (19th century).


ID 394 Site Name NANCY: MONTROSE NESS, NORTH SEA





ID 395 Site Name MAINS OF USAN

Site Type SOUTERRAIN

Original method of discovery MONEasting 372500 Northing 756080

DescriptionSouterrain - no further information.

NMRS No. NO75NW 552SMR No.

ID 396 Site Name CHIMAERA: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type STEAM TRAWLER (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionSteam trawler (20th century).


ID 397 Site Name MONTROSE NESS (TOWED TARGET)

Site Type TARGET CRAFT (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionTarget craft (20th century).

NMRS No. NO75NW 8003SMR No. NO75NW0126 Wreck

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ID 398 Site Name SOUTH ESK: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 399 Site Name ANNA MARIA: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type KETCH (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionKetch (19th century).


ID 400 Site Name ELIZA WATSON: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type SCHOONER (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionSchooner (19th century).


ID 401 Site Name SCURDIE NESS

Site Type BATTERY


DescriptionSite of fort/battery. It was recorded in the OSA of 1792 as 'The remains of a square earthen fort,each side being c.50' in length, is on the coast just south of the estuary of the Esk. The walls were16' thick, and formerly c.6' high. Within it was a building used for sheltering men and storingammunition. Outside the enclosure, and facing the mouth of the river, was an earthen rampart.Tradition states that it was used in Cromwell's time and it was fortified in 1745. Around 1770, abeacon tower was erected on the site.' The 1st edition OS map shows a small length of gentlycurving earthwork at this point, which has been removed by the time of the 2nd edition OS map. In1958 the OS visited and reported: 'Only a scatter of stones exists at the site of the battery - nofeature survives'.

NMRS No. NO75NW 16SMR No. NO75NW0016


Site Type POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)

Original method of discovery FSEasting 373300 Northing 756700

DescriptionFindspot of a polished stone axe of hornblende (?) schist. Discovered in September 1988, nearMontroseness Lighthouse. Now in Montrose Museum.


ID 403 Site Name MONTROSE

Site Type COLLIER


DescriptionSite of a shipwreck of a collier. No further information.

NMRS No.SMR No. NO75NW0133

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ID 404 Site Name MONTROSENESS, LIGHTHOUSE

Site Type LIGHTHOUSE

Original method of discovery SBEasting 373322 Northing 756758

DescriptionScurdie Ness Lighthouse guards and defines the entrance to Montrose harbour. It was built in 1870by engineers D and T Stevenson and was first lit in 1870. It was temporarily repainted in black duringthe second world war, and was automated in 1987.



Site Type BUTTON


DescriptionFindspot of a metal badge or button. Found near the Scurdie Ness Lighthouse, it is made of copperor copper alloy and, although very worn, a lighthouse and the inscription 'Northern Lighthouse' canbe seen. It is probably a button or badge from the uniform of the Northern Lighthouse Board.


ID 406 Site Name HELMSDALE: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type MOTOR VESSEL (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionMotor vessel (20th century).


ID 407 Site Name JOHNEY MAINS HARBOUR

Site Type HARBOUR


DescriptionRemains of an old harbour. No further information.


ID 408 Site Name SCURDIE NESS, EAST BEACON

Site Type BEACON


DescriptionScurdie Ness, east beacon. Remains of beacon light on south side of harbour entrance. A sharplytapering rubble built beacon from the 18th century. The taller of the two beacons on Scurdie Ness.


ID 409 Site Name SCURDIE NESS, WEST BEACON

Site Type BEACON


DescriptionScurdie Ness, west beacon. Remains of beacon light on south side of harbour entrance. A conicalbeacon of 18th century date constructed from coursed and snecked masonry.


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ID 410 Site Name MONTROSE, SCURDIE NESS

Site Type GUN EMPLACEMENT (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionA concrete gun-emplacement situated on the S side of the entrance to Montrose Harbour. A tunnelhas been cut into the cliff at beach level. The site is below the road from Ferryden to Scurdie Ness.There is a bolt ring in the entrance to the tunnel and a concrete plaque above this which has nowbeen damaged. In addition, one room with a rear entrance which has now collapsed.


ID 411 Site Name MONTROSE, SCURDIE NESS



DescriptionA concrete WWII gun-emplacement is situated at the S side of the entrance to Montrose Harbour,below the road from Ferryden to Scurdie Ness. The emplacement has a tunnel cut into the cliff atbeach level with a bolt ring at the entrance. A concrete plaque survives above the entrance in Polish.There are two rooms inside the tunnel.


ID 412 Site Name MONTROSE, FERRYDEN



DescriptionTwo brick and concrete gun-emplacements supplied with overhead covers. There is mention inrecords (Public Record Office) of two 18 pounders at Ferryden manned by the Home Guard. Thetwo gun-emplacements are visible on RAF WWII air photographs (Vertical and oblique, sorties772.H21, 6.83-6.84, flown 16 February 1942 and 309-22, 283-284, flown c.1941 respectively), whichshow that both were camouflaged.


ID 413 Site Name HUMILITY: MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 414 Site Name SWALLOW: MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type SMACK (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionSmack (19th century).


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ID 415 Site Name FERRYDEN, MONTROSE

Site Type PILLBOX (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionRemains of a pillbox. A small round concrete pillbox situated just below the road from Ferryden toScurdie Ness. The pillbox has only one loophole, but inscribed in the concrete above the door is'GORDON'.


ID 416 Site Name FERRYDEN, MONTROSE

Site Type PILLBOX (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionRemains of a pillbox. A small round concrete pillbox is situated just below the road from Ferryden toScurdie Ness. The pillbox has only one loophole.


ID 418 Site Name MONTROSE

Site Type BUTTON


DescriptionFindspot of two items of military dress. A pewter button from the uniform of the Montrose LoyalVolunteers, and a bronze military neck clasp of the type used on the military neck stock of theNapoleonic period, were found on Montrose Beach by the Old Lifeboat Station in 1994. TheMontrose Volunteers were founded in 1798 and were disbanded after the signing of the Peace ofAmiens in 1802.


ID 422 Site Name MONTROSE HARBOUR, LIFEBOAT STATION

Site Type LIFEBOAT STATION

Original method of discovery OSEasting 372121 Northing 756970

DescriptionLifeboat Station [NAT] (shows two buildings) OS map (GIS, ep. 3). The first lifeboat station atMontrose was built by the Town Council close to the lower leading light; it was handed over to theHarbour Board in 1901 and passed to the RNLI in 1869/70. A new lifeboat house and slipway werethen built close by. The old lifeboat station remained in use until 1981. It was demolished in April1998.


ID 423 Site Name CRUDEN: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type STEAMSHIP (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionSteamship (20th century).


ID 424 Site Name EBOR: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type BARQUE (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionBarque (19th century).


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ID 425 Site Name LOUISA: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 426 Site Name THISTLE: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 427 Site Name DAHLIA: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 428 Site Name CHANCELLOR: MONTROSE HARBOUR ENTRANCE, NORTH SEA





ID 429 Site Name MONTROSE NESS (CONSTANCE)

Site Type STEAMSHIP (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionSteamship (20th century).

NMRS No. NO75NW 8002SMR No. NO75NW0125 Wreck

ID 430 Site Name UNKNOWN: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 431 Site Name MONTROSE HARBOUR

Site Type CARGO VESSEL


DescriptionSite of a shipwreck of a cargo vessel. No further information.


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ID 432 Site Name MONTROSE, SOUTH LINKS

Site Type COASTAL BATTERY (20TH CENTURY)

Original method of discovery APEasting 372450 Northing 757400

DescriptionA small coast battery attery is visible on a series of RAF WWII oblique aerial photographs (772.H61,4.34, 4.36-4.37 and 3.39, 1942). The site has now been cleared by Glaxo & Co who now occupy it.


ID 1003 Site Name UNKNOWN: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1007 Site Name H C GRUBE: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1008 Site Name FORTH: MONTROSE, NORTH SEA




NMRS No. NO75NE 8003SMR No. Wreck

ID 1048 Site Name HERMES: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type BRIGANTINE (20TH CENTURY)


DescriptionBrigantine (20th century).


ID 1054 Site Name GEORGE BROWN: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1065 Site Name FRIDA: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type BARQUE (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionBarque (19th century).


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ID 1067 Site Name ACACIA: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type YAWL (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionYawl (19th century).


ID 1077 Site Name ROYAL GEM: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1090 Site Name EXPERT: SCURDIE NESS, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1109 Site Name FORTH PACKET: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1113 Site Name LASS O' DOON: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1119 Site Name JUNO: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1126 Site Name SAINT ANDREW: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type BRIG (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionBrig (19th century).


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ID 1127 Site Name THORNBY: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1129 Site Name MORNING STAR: MONTROSE BAY, NORTH SEA





ID 1138 Site Name AUNT HANNAH: ANNAT SAND BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1148 Site Name NEREID: ANNAT SAND BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type BRIG (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionBrig (19th century).


ID 1156 Site Name UNDINE: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1158 Site Name SISTERS: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA





ID 1160 Site Name FRIENDSHIP: ANNAT BANK, MONTROSE, NORTH SEA

Site Type KETCH (19TH CENTURY)


DescriptionKetch (19th century).


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