Fisher Row, Port Ellen. View from North West across bay.
AG 11845
Description Fisher Row, Port Ellen. View from North West across bay.
Date 1981
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 11845
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 416753
Scope and Content View from north-west showing Fisher Row, Port Ellen, Islay, Argyll and Bute Port Ellen was one of several planned villages established on Islay during the early 19th century as a herring fishery. Founded in 1821 by Walter Frederick Campbell, it was originally named Port Ellinor in honour of his wife. Fishing returns were initially disappointing, and not until the 1840s did the village become Islay's largest single community with a population of about 1,000. The population remained around this figure for the rest of the 19th century. The architecture in the village consisted of single- and two-storeyed, three-bay harled terraced houses. A high proportion of the original houses still survive relatively unaltered, including these cottages in Fisher Row, on the east side of the bay. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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