Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway -Harbour - boats - postcard 1970s

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• Picture / Image:  The Harbour, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Dumfires and Galloway
• Publisher:  none given but probably Photo Precision No. PT36399
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Portpatrick (Scottish Gaelic: Port Phàdraig), Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, is an area about four miles and a half in length and four miles in breadth, of 9300 acres, of which 6300 are arable, 300 woodland and plantations, and the remainder meadow and pasture.^[

Portpatrick village is on the extreme south-westerly tip of mainland, cut into a cleft in steep cliffs. Anciently known as Portrie (Port Rhin), its quay was protected by baron of Dunskey (Dun=Castle Key=Quay) Castle and his local men. When being invaded, the fishermen and their families probably scrambled up the cliffs to Dunskey for protection.

Dating back some 700 years and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick's position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the Northern Irish coast 21 miles to the west, with clifftop walks and beaches both north and south. The Gulf Stream, flowing in from the north, gives the coastline a pleasant climate, in which subtropical plant life can flourish.

It has a Community Council,^[3] and a hugely-popular annual Life Boat Week,^[4] featuring parades, activities, and a firework display.

There are bowls clubs, a very active golf club (Dunskey), many guesthouses and hotels, and rustic public houses. The village is also home to a mini putting course.

To the north of the village is the starting point of the scenic Southern Upland Way walking route to Cockburnspath on the east coast. The Portpatrick Hotel, built in 1905 and extended in 1907, sits on the cliffs above this point.

An informative audio tour of Portpatrick can be rented from the Post Office. Commentary is offered at twenty-one points around the village, with additional historical information and interviews available as well.

The Harbour

Portpatrick village was founded on fishing, operating from the sandy, crescent-shaped harbour that remains the focal point of the village today. (click on photo below) Desultory attempts were made to render it safer from the strong Irish Channel gales. In 1770 John Smeaton, the leading civil engineer of his day, was appointed to make further improvements. He constructed breakwaters that turned the sandy bay into an enclosed harbour. Strong westerly winds and waves eventually broke through this construction, and in 1821 John Rennie was appointed to create a new harbour defined by two new piers. Money and weather problems meant that these piers were never finished. The calm inner basin, now home to the port's lifeboat, was constructed between 1861 and 1863, too late to prevent the government switching the mail service to boats that plied between Stranraer and Larne.

It retains a fleet of fishing craft, a Navtex and a lifeboat station.^[5]

For information on Portpatrick Harbour see ""visitmyharbour"" ^[6]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=wigtownshire

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period=1945 - present

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