Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Harbour Portpatrick Scotland
Old photograph the harbour in Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The port, formerly named Portmontgomery, was initially used by small fishing boats and sailing ships to and from the Irish port of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland. There were regular ferries to Donaghadee by 1616. Between 1770, when the first proper harbour was built by John Smeaton and 1830, the harbour served as the main route for mail, passengers and cattle to Ireland, being at the end of the military road built in 1765 from Dumfries. Portpatrick Harbour is ideally situated for visiting boats to and from Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Clyde and Highlands sailing grounds.
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