Roanheads is a
residential area
A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.
Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...
of coastal
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantial ...
, Scotland, located between
Peterhead
Peterhead (; , ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the council area's largest settlement, with a population of 19,060 at the 2022 Census for Scotland, 2022 Census. It is the largest fishing port in the United Kingdom for total landi ...
and
Buchanhaven. Laid out by 1771, now the oldest part of the town,
it was established after Peterhead's fishermen settled there due to its position on the northeastern shoulder of the town's peninsula, north of today's town centre.
Two streets in the area are also named Roanheads, although they were likely joined prior to modern construction on Seagate.
It is mentioned in the town's original
feu contract as being Peterhead's "commonty and pasturage".
Historian
Charles McKean
Charles McKean FRSE FRSA FRHistS FRIBA (16 July 1946 – 29 September 2013) was a Scottish historian, author and scholar.
Biography
McKean was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 16 July 1946. He was educated at Fettes College, the University of P ...
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
Aberdeenshire Council is the local authority for Aberdeenshire, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The council has been under no overall control since its creation in 1996. It is based at Woodhill House, which is outside its own territory ...
's Peterhead Roanheads Conservation Area, one of around forty conservation areas in Aberdeenshire.
Roanheads takes its name from a pair of
headlands
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
a short distance to the northeast,
overlooked by Gadle Braes.
In February 1880, the
schooner
A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...
''Lady Kilmarnock'' ran ashore at Roanheads during a voyage from
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...
to Peterhead. She was refloated, but consequently sank. Her crew survived.
stood in Roanheads between 1865 and 1946.
References
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External links
"Roanheads Area of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴 (4K Footage) – Aerial Dronography,
YouTube
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, 13 May 2021
Geography of Peterhead
Populated places in Aberdeenshire
18th-century establishments in Scotland