Lybster, Harbour General view of harbour and surrounding area, from N
SC 435419
Description Lybster, Harbour General view of harbour and surrounding area, from N
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 435419
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Lybster Harbour, Caithness This is a large and complex harbour for the area, laid out in 1849 and rebuilt at the expense of the Duke of Portland in 1882. More recently part of the quay walls have been sheet piled with concrete tops. This view shows the harbour from above, with its outer basin, inner basin with two piers to give additional berths, and scouring basin for storing water which could be released at low tide to wash silt out of the main harbour. This harbour was an important centre for herring fishing, and there were several curing houses of which two survive intact. Another building, now roofless, houses a small smokehouse for kippering herring. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/138/15
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