BANFF HARBOUR. 



PART VIII. 



Among the other important harbour works on the 

 north-east coast carried out by Mr. Telford under the 

 Commissioners appointed to administer the funds of the 

 Forfeited Estates, were those at Banff, the execution of 

 which extended over many years ; but though costly, 

 they did not prove of anything like the same conve- 

 nience as those executed at Peterhead. The old har- 

 bour at the end of the ridge running north and south, 

 on which what is called the "sea town" of Banff 1 is 

 situated, was completed in 1775, when the place was 

 already considered of some importance as a fishing 

 station. 



BANFF HARBOUR. 



This harbour occupies the triangular space at the 

 north-eastern extremity of the projecting point of land, 

 at the opposite side of which, fronting the north-west, 

 is the little town and harbour of Macduff. In 1816 

 Mr. Telford furnished a plan of a new pier and break- 

 water, covering the old entrance, which presented an 

 opening to the N.N.E., with a basin occupying the 



1 The old harbour is shown at the right extremity of the distant view of 

 Banff, given at p. 2 of this volume. 



