Sea Walls and the Giant's Chair

The walls and chair have the castle theme of Algie’s Castle but with more of an edge of fantasy compared to the traditional baronial look of Merkesworth up on the hill. The crenellated walls along the shorefront with their cathedral windows and towers are more Jack and the Beanstalk than traditional Scotland.

The Giant’s Chair or throne at the end of the wall was made for Will Leaning. Frank Savidan was commissioned by Thorne Bay residents to build stone walls along the beach to hold back the sea. A sprightly 70-year-old Captain Algie was responsible for building some of the walls himself. Local residents also clubbed together in the 1930s and 1940s to build the concrete footpath that follows along the rougher portions of the seawall and reef.

Continue walking along the pathway.