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Architecture Notes
Event ID 711928
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/711928
ND35SE 65 38521 52511
A natural harbour with quay walls built along both sides of the haven. At the head of the harbour there is a manually operated winch and the remains of several stone buildings.
J R Hume 1977
The harbour is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness, 1872, sheet XXV) and the Object Name Book (ONB) describes it as 'A small breast work of masonry at the end of a creek about 10 chains in length. Giving harbourage for a small fleet of boats used in herring fishing, also a number of a smaller size for the prosecution of the white fishing. Owned by curers and residents in Staxigoe (fishermen). The ground slopes in cliff and bank to the shore all around. On the top of this slope is situated the vilage of Staxigoe. Lies about 2 miles to the north of Wick. Property of Sir George Dunbar Bart. Ackergill Tower (Name Book 1872).
Information from RCAHMS (ITMP), January 2008
