Tugnet, Ice-house and Fishery View from SE showing SSW front and ESE front of ice-house

Description Tugnet, Ice-house and Fishery View from SE showing SSW front and ESE front of ice-house

Date 10/6/1976

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 494220

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Salmon fishing station, Tugnet, Spey Bay, Morayshire This station at the mouth of the Spey is the largest and finest salmon station in Scotland. It consists of a U-plan block of bothy, stores and boiling house, a courtyard range of fishermen's houses, and a three-chamber icehouse. This view shows the front of the three-chamber icehouse, with its earth-covered vaults and ante-chamber approached through the door on the left. The lintel above the door bears the date 1630 and a salmon. It has either been recut or reused. Salmon fishing was widely practised in Scotland, especially on the north and east coasts. This is the largest ice-house in Scotland, its size indicating the scale of the fishery. It is now a visitor centre interpreting the salmon-fishing trade. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H76/181/1

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