Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
15 Jun 1954
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Stonehaven. Old Clock Tower & Market Cross'. View of the Steeple. It is square with a barometer at street level and a clock higher up. At the top is a gallery and an octagonal and conical spire. To the right of the door is the mercat cross.
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Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
15 Jun 1954
Subject place
Stonehaven/Aberdeenshire
Subject notes
The Steeple and town house date from 1790. The houses are of different styles but include crow-stepped gables, pantile and slate roofs and are of two and three storeys. Stonehaven became the county town of Kincardine in 1600. The town developed as a fishing port around a natural harbour which was greatly improved in 1826 when the sea-wall was built by Robert Stevenson. It had 168 boats in 1894 but now the harbour is used for pleasure craft and a marine safety company.
Accession number
P39599

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