Portmahomack Village Easter Ross, Scotland village
Portmahomack known colloquially, or should that be locally, as "The Port" is a (former) fishing village, and is situated on the north side of the Tarbat Ness peninsular and about 10 miles east of Tain. The harbour was created by Thomas Telford early in the 19th century. In days gone by, the harbour would have been packed with ships like this returning to harbour or about to put to sea. The harbour is now mainly used by pleasure craft It would have been nice to be able to identify the boats in the harbour displayed here, and the people who sailed in them, and go from there to their families but as time passes by, the old merge in with the new and the new then become the important. Some of us may regret that our family tree is not there for posterity. The harbour obviously remains but the fishing boats are long gone. Any left overs, so to speak, are all part of the every decreasing circle of fishing boats, reduced day by day by the de-commissioning policies carried out by the government - to preserve stocks of fish. The fish were never in any real danger until the advent of the factory ships which took everything from an area and left it almost barren. For a panoramic view, . the hill of Knockshorty, rising to a height of 150ft + above the village, offers the best vantage point. From here can be seen :- to the north Morven (2313 metres) and Ben Klibreck :-to the north west Ben More Assynt :- to the south east Ben Rinnes :- to the south the Cairngorms and to the south west - Ben Wyvis On a clear night a necklace of lights can be traced along the northern shore of the Dornoch and Moray Firths, from Tain, Dornoch, Golspie, Brora and Helmsdale and, I am assured, the lighthouse on Noss Head just north of Wick. If you can't see that far, like me, there are the white walls of Dunrobin Castle at Golspie, and The Duke of Sutherland's Monument (commonly known as "The Mannie") on top of Beinn a' Bhragaid just across the water , so to speak, on the Su
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Location: Portmahomack Easter Ross, Scotland
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