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New Harbour, Shore Street, Portsoy

A Category B Listed Building in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6861 / 57°41'9"N

Longitude: -2.6887 / 2°41'19"W

OS Eastings: 359033

OS Northings: 866455

OS Grid: NJ590664

Mapcode National: GBR M8QD.WHK

Mapcode Global: WH7KN.N2WM

Plus Code: 9C9VM8P6+CG

Entry Name: New Harbour, Shore Street, Portsoy

Listing Name: Shore Street, New Harbour

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386211

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40298

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200386211

Location: Portsoy

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Portsoy

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Tagged with: Harbour

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Description

1825-8, repaired and restored, 1884. Rubble and concrete with concrete sea wall raised at N (seaward) face. Rectangular basin with entry in S. Wide W arm of harbour projects slightly into bay to shelter harbour entry.

Statement of Interest

The New Harbour was built and financed by the Earl of Seafield in 1825-8 only to be virtually destroyed by storm in January 1839. Channel cleared and harbour reconstructed in concrete in 1884 at a cost of ?12,000.

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