Roanheads
It is mentioned in the town's original feu contract as being Peterhead's "commonty and pasturage".
Historian Charles McKean believes some of the few surviving pantiled houses may be original. Almost all of the homes on New Street, Almanthyle Road, Gladstone Road, Port Henry Road and Great Stuart Road are listed. They make up a large section of Aberdeenshire Council's Peterhead Roanheads Conservation Area, one of around forty conservation areas in Aberdeenshire.
Roanheads takes its name from a pair of headlands a short distance to the northeast, overlooked by Gadie Braes.
In February 1880, the schooner Lady Kilmarnock ran ashore at Roanheads during a voyage from Sunderland to Peterhead. She was refloated, but consequently sank. Her crew survived.
Peterhead Docks railway station stood in Roanheads between 1865 and 1946.
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Part of the headlands below Gadie Braes
References
- ^ "Aberdeenshire Council Historic Environment Record - Aberdeenshire - NK14NW0025 - ROANHEADS, PETERHEAD". online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Roanheads from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ McKean, Charles (1990). Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Mainstream Publications Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 185158-231-2.
- ^ "Pastmap | Pastmap". pastmap.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Conservation areas - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Severe Gale". Aberdeen Journal. No. 7794. Aberdeen. 9 February 1880.
- ^ "GO Line Codes: GNoS Railway". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013.
External links
- "Roanheads Area of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴 (4K Footage)" – Aerial Dronography, YouTube, 13 May 2021