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FOI 318_Metal Detecting and Foreshore

17 April 2024
Request

Do you have boundary maps and information to the ownership of the foreshore/beaches listed in the table 1 below? Are these crown estate Scotland owned beaches?

Table 1 – Dumfries & Galloway beaches

Beach Name Location NGR
Dhoon beach  4TL, B727, Kirkcudbright  NX 6578 4859 
Rockcliffe Beach  Dalbeattie DG5 4QQ  NX 8485 5367 
Sandyhills Beach  Dalbeattie DG5 4NZ  NX 8928 5509 
Southerness Beach Dumfries DG2 8AX  NX 9772 5410 
Powfoot Beach  Annan, DG12 5PN  NY 1479 6539 
Carrick Beach  Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2DT  NX 5770 5061 
Response

Enclosed are 5 plans that show foreshore ownership (Crown and Non-Crown). The hatched areas denoted in the legend, is considered ‘presumed’ Crown Estate Scotland ownership as that area of foreshore has not undergone Land Registration with Registers of Scotland. It is considered presumed until it has undergone the land registration process.  Crown Estate Scotland is in the process of registering all our land (including foreshore), and until that project is complete, un-verified areas are indicated in our systems as ‘presumed’. 

The ‘Sites of Interest’ points are the national grid references (NGR) that you provided in your request.