Old Photograph Portrigh Carradale Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Portrigh a small village by Carradale located fourteen miles from Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. In the 17th and 18th centuries there were small communities of crofters and fishermen working in and around Carradale. The introduction of steam ships transformed Kintyre and from the 1830s until the Second World War daily steamers went from Campbeltown to Glasgow, calling at Carradale. With the herring fishing industry thriving, Carradale's first pier was built in 1858, developing and encouraging the holiday trade.





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