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Portvasgo, Harbour View of general harbour area from W, crab winch in foreground
SC 440321
Description Portvasgo, Harbour View of general harbour area from W, crab winch in foreground
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 440321
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Fishing station, Port Vasgo, Sutherland This is a small beach-fishing station, probably exploiting a natural rift in the outcropping shore rocks to make a sheltered haven for small boats. At the head of the rift is a former cottage, and the ruins of other buildings. This view shows the haven, probably part natural, part man-made, which forms the port. On the left is the cast iron crab winch used to haul boats on to the beach. This could well be a 'clearance' settlement made to provide employment for people displaced from inland areas in Sutherland. Kelping may have been practised as well as fishing. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/157/5
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