Building record MAB28881 - ROSEHEARTY
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Summary
Historic Burgh and settlement of Rosehearty.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9322 6755 (731m by 867m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ96NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Pitsligo |
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Historic Burgh and settlement of Rosehearty. An early settlement is said to have been founded here in the 14th Century. In the 16th Century, Forbes, Lord Pitsligo, is said to have built town lodgings here (known as ‘The Jam’, NJ96NW0003, with a second, contemporary, house, ‘Pitsligo Lodgings’, NJ96NW0019) and encouraged the settlement to develop for fishing, providing houses (on North Street) and boats for every 6 men and upgrading the pier. In exchange he retained a fifth of each catch. The town prospered and was made a Burgh of Barony in 1681 under Alexander, 3rd Lord Pitsligo. At one time, at the height of the herring boom, its fishing fleet was said to rival that of Fraserburgh. The oldest part of the town is to the north west (North Street), a ‘fishertown’ of stone-built 1 and 2 story houses following the shoreline. The ‘new’ town, to the east, is centred around a large square – an elongated space formerly sheltered at the shore end by a tolbooth (now demolished) built in 1683 (NJ96NW0020).
WISHART, R, 2015, FEUDAL RELATIONS IN BURGHS OF BARONY IN ABERDEENSHIRE, 1780-1833 IN SCOTTISH RECORDS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (Bibliographic reference). SAB3424.
Aug 18 1971 , 2 images, 2 images (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB36386.
Jun 19 2007 , AAS-GR-07-06-001 - 002, AAS-GR-07-06-001 - 002 (Ground Photograph). SAB36002.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ96NW22;
- NRHE Numlink: 72911;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ96NW0114;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/72911 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SAB3424 Bibliographic reference: WISHART, R. 2015. FEUDAL RELATIONS IN BURGHS OF BARONY IN ABERDEENSHIRE, 1780-1833 IN SCOTTISH RECORDS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL.
- --- SAB36002 Ground Photograph: Jun 19 2007 . AAS-GR-07-06-001 - 002. Digital. AAS-GR-07-06-001 - 002.
- --- SAB36386 Air-oblique Photograph: Aug 18 1971 . 2 images. Black & White. 2 images.
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Record last edited
Feb 2 2023 10:33AM
