Portsoy, Aberdeenshire

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1955
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Portsoy. Harbour with Redhythe Point in distance'. View of a small harbour at low tide. There are small open fishing boats in the inner harbour. Empty fishboxes lie on the harbour wall and by the roadside. Two fishermen are talking to a third man. The coast is rocky.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1955
Subject place
Portsoy/Aberdeenshire
Subject notes
Portsoy has merchants' houses and warehouses clustered round the harbour. The warehouses were for the working and export of a green or pink serpentine (Portsoy 'marble'), some of which went into two chimney pieces at the Palace of Versailles. Portsoy ceased to be a deepsea trading port after storm damage to its harbour in the early 19th century. It supported a fishing fleet for a time, latterly lobster boats and sea-angling for visitors.
Accession number
P39811

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