Alternative Names Port Erroll Salmon Station, Icehouse
Site type ICEHOUSE
Canmore ID 20899
Site Number NK03NE 40
NGR NK 09334 35827
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish CRUDEN
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District BANFF AND BUCHAN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NK03NE 40 09334 35827

For Port Erroll harbour see NK03NE 48 0941 3564.

For salmon fishery see NK03NE 49 0933 3583 and 0934 3580.

Notes and Activities

21 October 2010

STANDING BUILDING RECORDING

Notes NK 0933 3581 The fishing bothy and ice-house at Port Erroll are shown on the 1st Edition OS map of 1868 but may date to the development of Cruden Bay by the Earl of Erroll from c1830. They have been in use as a salmon fishing station until the present day. The ice-house is a single-storey semi-subterranean structure with stone walls and an arched roof of handmade bricks. The bothy was originally L-shaped but a wing had been added to form a U-shape. It has rubble stone walls and a slate roof but has been largely rebuilt internally. A wooden workshop and net store above the ice-house is being demolished. This survey was carried out on 21 October
2010.
Reports: Aberdeenshire SMR and RCAHMS
Funder: Stephen Brown Architect Ltd
HK Murray – Murray Archaeological Services Ltd

Further details

Books and References

Murray, HK (2010c) 'Salmon Station, Port Erroll, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire (Cruden parish), standing building recording', Discovery Excav Scot, New, vol.11 Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England.
Page(s): 19

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