Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

Up against a stone wall!

This rubble-built wall of a warehouse which dates from the time when our village  was a navigable port with a quay. Grain was brought from the hinterland farms down the river Ythan on barges and then transferred to larger coastal vessels for export to elsewhere. The vessels had brought coal and fertiliser which were taken back up river on the barges, for distribution to inland farming communities. The warehouse dates from the 18th century.

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