Portsoy
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Portsoy Scottish Gaelic Port Saoidh |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 42 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 1752 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | BANFF | ||
| ZIP code section | AB45 | ||
| prefix | 01261 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Aberdeenshire | ||
| British Parliament | Banff and Buchan | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Banffshire and Buchan Coast | ||
Portsoy ( Gaelic : Port Saoidh ) is a village in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire in the traditional county of Banffshire . It is about ten kilometers west of Banff and 15 kilometers east of Buckie on the Moray Firth . In 2011 Portsoy had 1752 inhabitants. Findlater Castle from 1455 is located near the village .
history
Port facilities were built to ship the local Portsoy marble . However, this is not marble , but a mineral from the serpentine group , which Louis XIV , among others, imported to France and built into Palace of Versailles . A new port was built between 1825 and 1828, but it was destroyed in a January storm in 1839. In 1884 it was repaired to make room for the flourishing herring fishery. Portsoy is also the location of the whiskey distillery Glenglassaugh, founded in 1875, and lies on the border of the important whiskey region Speyside . The distillery has an annual production of 1,100,000 liters of whiskey.
traffic
The A98 , which connects Fraserburgh with Fochabers , crosses Portsoy and connects it to the trunk road network. A connection to the railway network had existed since 1859, but the station was closed.
Old Port
New port
Former railway line
St John's Episcopal Church from 1840
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Entry on the Glenglassaugh distillery at maltmadness.com
