Portessie, Aberdeenshire

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1955
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Portessie, Banff. Bay with anchors & salmon fishing vessel in foreground'. View of a clinker-built boat (with overlapping planks) on a slipway. It is a rowing boat. Four rusty anchors are in the foreground. The village is in the background.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1955
Subject place
Portessie/Aberdeenshire
Subject notes
Portessie is a former fishing village standing on a small crescent-shaped bay to the west of Portessie Bay. The boat was used for salmon fishing along the coast. This form of salmon fishing is no longer carried out. The north-east coast has a succession of towns and villages based on fishing. Over the years the boats have come to be based on a few of the larger harbours. This is partly because of better facilities but also due to the designation of only certain ports for landing fish.
Accession number
P39804

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