Welcome to Fraserburgh, otherwise known locally as "The Broch". It is a fishing town situated on the North East corner of the Aberdeenshire Coast. It was founded in the 16th century by the Frasers of Philorth, who's descendants still live only a few miles from the town. A university was founded here in 1592 by Sir Alexander Fraser but unfortunately it only lasted about 10 years. The town expanded rapidly in the 19th century with the success of the herring fishing, and remains an important fishing port with several fish processing factories.
In 1900 more than 1000 fishing boats were registered in the port of Fraserburgh, and many more vessels was using the Port to land their Catch. Old Photo Approx 1900 In fact as you can see from the Picture you were able to walk across all the boats to get to the other side of the harbour.
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse was built in 1787 on top of the Fraser tower house which was built in approx 1570, the Lighthouse was the first to be built by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses. Now in the care of Historic Scotland, it now houses the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses. For those of you who do not know. Fraserburgh is situated 42 miles North of Aberdeen in Scotland. Fraserburgh is a small town and has a Population of approx 13.000.
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