CHAP. IX. FRAZERBURGH HARBOUR. 397 



of the northern harbours, destroyed a large part of the 

 unfinished masonry and hurled the heaviest blocks into 

 the sea, tossing them about as if they had been pebbles. 

 The finished work had, however, stood well, and the 

 foundations of the piers under low water were ascertained 

 to have remained comparatively uninjured. There was 

 no help for it but to repair the damaged work, though 

 it involved a heavy additional cost, one-half of which 

 was borne by the Forfeited Estates Fund and the re- 

 mainder by the inhabitants. Increased strength was 

 also given to the more exposed parts of the pierwork, 

 and the slope at the sea side of the breakwater was 

 considerably extended. 1 These alterations in the design 

 were carried out, together with a spacious graving-dock, 

 as shown in the preceding plan, and they proved com- 

 pletely successful, enabling Peterhead to offer an amount 

 of accommodation for shipping of a more effectual kind 

 than was at that time to be met with along the whole 

 eastern coast of Scotland. 



The old harbour of Frazerburgh, situated on a pro- 

 jecting point of the coast at the foot of Mount Kennaird, 

 about twenty miles north of Peterhead, had become so 

 ruinous that vessels lying within it received almost as 

 little shelter as if they had been exposed in the open sea. 

 Mr. Rennie had prepared a plan for its improvement by 

 running out a substantial north-eastern pier ; and this was 

 eventually carried out by Mr. Telford in a modified form, 

 proving of substantial service to the trade of the port. 

 Since then a large and commodious new harbour has 

 been formed at the place, partly at the public expense 

 and partly at that of the inhabitants, rendering Frazer- 

 burgh a safe retreat for vessels of war as well as merchant- 

 men ; and the place has thus become thriving, wealthy, 

 and populous. 



1 'Memorials from Peterhead and 

 Banff, concerning Damage occasioned 

 by a Storm.' Ordered by the House 



of Commons to be printed, 5th July, 

 1820. [242.] 



