Bunavoneader Whaling Station, Isle of Harris

Bunavoneader Whaling Station is the finest and best preserved example of a shore-based whaling station in the UK and is a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument. Headland was commissioned to coordinate the production of a conservation and management plan on behalf of the North Harris Trust. 

The station operated commercially between 1904 and 1928 with a break during World War I and reopened briefly, on a much smaller scale, in the early 1950s. The archaeological remains of the whaling station are extensive and retain physical evidence of all three phases of its operation unencumbered by later development.   Most visually striking is the tall brick chimney, a landmark which, for the local community, is a strongly emotive symbol of an aspect of their social, economic and cultural history.