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Pictures in this library relate to the sea and the coasts around Aberdeenshire from St Cyrus to the Moray Firth along to Cullen and include fishing villages of Gourdon, Johnshaven, the town of Stonehaven, beach at Balmedie, Cruden Bay, Forvie, Bodham Point near Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Rosehearty, Pennan, Macduff, Banff, Whitehills, Portsoy, Sandend, Portknockie, Bow Fiddle Rock.
Portsoy Sculpture bnm9983jhp Portsoy Harbour seawall sea dolphin sculpture Aberdeenshire coastal winter Scotland located by the Moray Firth and famous for local serpentine stone or marble and its annual small boat festival illustrated in this photo, the village lies between Banff and Cullen and is a popular stopover especially on summer weekends. This new addition was created by Artist Carn Stading and funds raised by a local restaurant owner and residents in the village saved it as a recent feature in recognition of the Moray Firth Bottlenosed Dolphins, a popular tourist attraction for many of these coastal resorts. It has a small caravan park in the next easterly bay to the harbour and with traditional 17th century period is an important part of the Coastal Trail and the history of the early fishing industry in the North east of Scotland. Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Buchan, Portsoy, Moray, Firth, harbour, entrance, seawall, dolphin, sculpture, artist, Carn Stading, rocks, sea, waves, foreshore, landscape, town, coast, winter, November, 2017, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Aberdeenshire Coast
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Portsoy Sculpture bnm9983jhp
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Portsoy Harbour seawall sea dolphin sculpture Aberdeenshire coastal winter Scotland

located by the Moray Firth and famous for local serpentine stone or marble and its annual small boat festival illustrated in this photo, the village lies between Banff and Cullen and is a popular stopover especially on summer weekends. This new addition was created by Artist Carn Stading and funds raised by a local restaurant owner and residents in the village saved it as a recent feature in recognition of the Moray Firth Bottlenosed Dolphins, a popular tourist attraction for many of these coastal resorts. It has a small caravan park in the next easterly bay to the harbour and with traditional 17th century period is an important part of the Coastal Trail and the history of the early fishing industry in the North east of Scotland.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Buchan, Portsoy, Moray, Firth, harbour, entrance, seawall, dolphin, sculpture, artist, Carn Stading, rocks, sea, waves, foreshore, landscape, town, coast, winter, November, 2017, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital