Port Erroll, Salmon Fishery
Barking Pot (19th Century), Fishing Station (19th Century)
Site Name Port Erroll, Salmon Fishery
Classification Barking Pot (19th Century), Fishing Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Port Eroll; Port Erroll, Fishing Station; Port Erroll Salmon Station
Canmore ID 20908
Site Number NK03NE 49
NGR NK 0933 3583
NGR Description NK 0933 3583 and NK 0934 3580
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20908
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cruden
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK03NE 49 0933 3583 and 0934 3580
Salmon Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
For Port Erroll icehouse (NK 09334 35827) and harbour (NK 0941 3564), see NK03NE 40 and NK03NE 48 respectively.
See also NK03NE 84.
(Location cited as NK 094 358). Port Errol Fishery, 19th century. A low single-storey rubble building with tall chimney stacks, a single-storey tarred-wood store and a net-boiling tub with tripod. Nearby are net-drying poles. The headquarters of an old-established salmon fishery
J R Hume 1977.
Standing Building Recording (21 October 2010)
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
Information also from Oasis (mas1-113766) 23 January 2012