Year built :
1815-1819
Telfords task :
design
Area :
40 x 160 m
Current use :
Max. depth :
Grid Reference.:
NO 82570 70620
Comments :
Harbour, still in use. In the 17th Century, it was classed as a 'little shore for fisher-boats'. By 1794 Gourdon seems to have absorbed most of the maritime business of Bervie. In 1837 it accommodated 8-9 small vessels. Ten years after further works it supported 27 fishing vessels, and exported grain. It is now a single-basin harbour formed of 2 rubble piers, and improved by the construction of a concrete pier on the S side. An interesting feature is a navigation light in a small tower on the hillside overlooking the harbour.[HER] [LIFE] 412, [SHIGH] 68, [GIBB] 311, [MORR] 60, [RCHO] 91, Plate 113, 114
