Cruden Bay Life
There are two Slains Castles. The first Slains Castle was a tower built in the c. 15th century, six miles southwest from here. It was blown up in 1594 on the orders of King James VI, after its resident, Francis Hay, the 9th Earl of Erroll, had taken part in a failed...
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THE FIRST CROSSING OF THE NORTH SEA BY AIR On July 30ᵗʰ 1914, Tryggve Gran (1888 – 1980) piloting a Blériot monoplane took off at 8 a.m. from a field near the Cruden Bay Hotel. His aim: to make the first aircraft crossing of the North Sea. The flight was dramatic from...
Cruden Bay Life
Tryggve Gran Torsdag 30.juli i 1914 blei Tryggve Gran (1889-1980) den første til å fly over Nordsjøen. Han brukte 4 timar og 10 minutt på ferda frå Cruden Bay i Skottland til Maleneset ved Orrevatnet. Nordsjøflyginga var ei bragd på line med Louis Blériot si flyging...
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Ward Hill On top of Ward Hill, you will see some old structures. These are a cold war era nuclear monitoring post and the remains of a WW2 LORAN station. Above the harbour is a network of wartime trenches. Port Erroll U.K.W.M.O. Post1959–1991 In 1957, the United...
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Fishermen gather outside the salmon bothy. Hooped barrels were used as buoys to keep the salmon nets afloat when set at the harbour entrance. A fisherman of Port Erroll baits a ‘sma lin’ for his next venture to sea. ‘Small line’ fishing utilised a line, several...
Cruden Bay Life
As far back as the mid 1600’s there have been fishermen living and working out of Invercruden, the historic hamlet located in the valley between Slains Castle and Ward Hill. However, it was not until between 1875 and 1880 that the current harbour, built under...
