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Latitude: 55.9861 / 55°59'9"N
Longitude: -3.2176 / 3°13'3"W
OS Eastings: 324128
OS Northings: 677683
OS Grid: NT241776
Mapcode National: GBR 8H1.QM
Mapcode Global: WH6SD.KS0V
Plus Code: 9C7RXQPJ+CW
Entry Name: Eastern Breakwater, Granton Harbour, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Granton Harbour, Eastern Breakwater
Listing Date: 28 November 1989
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371028
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30220
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200371028
1853-63. L-plan breakwater; 3170ft long. Battered rubble sides capped by large ashlar kerb blocks; interlocked rubble surface. Concrete steps down to E side. Remains of timber jetty at N tip. World War II concrete lookout post at N tip: flat roof; door to SE and viewing/gun embrasure to seaward approaches; 2 rectangular concrete pillboxes at intervals along W (harbour) side; flat-roofed and supported on stilts over sloping embankment wall; 1 and 2 entrances and gun embrasures respectively.
Constructed for the Duke of Buccleuch as part of developments at Granton Harbour. The World War II defence fortifications were constructed to defend against an enemy landing in the harbour.
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