Wick, Harbour Quay, The Steps, Kippering-house
Fish Processing Factory (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Wick, Harbour Quay, The Steps, Kippering-house
Classification Fish Processing Factory (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fish Curing Station; Lower Dunbar Street; Lower Pulteneytown
Canmore ID 9233
Site Number ND35SE 92
NGR ND 3661 5061
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9233
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Tall kipper-kilns, such as Kippering House in Wick, were once common features in the herring-fishing areas of Caithness. Producing kippered herrings required splitting, washing and pickling the fish prior to smoking them. 'Smokers' then climbed rungs of horizontal rails in the kiln and hung tenter-sticks, loaded with the fish, onto them. Smoking the fish took between six and twelve hours.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 10 August 2007
Hay, G D and Stell, G P 1986
