Street Lighting at Portsoy - House painted pink gables and light , Shorehead Aberdeenshire Scotland uk

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Portsoy lies on the north facing Moray coast of Aberdeenshire, approximately midway between Cullen and Banff. Of all the many ports along the Aberdeenshire and Moray coasts, Portsoy was established as a burgh in a charter signed by Mary, Queen of Scots in 1550, and the first harbour was built at around the same time. In 1692, Sir Patrick Ogilvie, the 8th Laird of Boyne replaced the existing harbour with another built entirely of stone. The harbour they built at Portsoy comprised a massive breakwater on the seaward side and a number of quays. The construction uses large stones set vertically, apparently because it was believed that this made them less likely to be washed away by the sea. The Old Harbour you see today is largely the harbour that was built in 1692.

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Location: Portsoy Scotland uk
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License: Royalty Free
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