Latheronwheel

The settlement was built on the land of one Captain Dunbar (who had actually wished for it to be called Janetston, after his wife and a stone tablet reflects this on the old hotel).^[2] It was a planned settlement, begun in 1835 with the building of a hotel (then known as 'Dunbar's Hotel' but today as 'The Blends' - due to its proprietor in the 1890s penchant for blending whisky from stills of dubious legality).^[2] In the beginning, tenants of the settlement were allocated 2 acres (8,100 m²) and the right to fish from the harbour.^[2]

The harbour was constructed around 1840, with a small lighthouse (soon disused) built on the southern headland. The nearby Latheronwheel harbour bridge is much older, dating to the 1720s and was the crossing for the old coast road.^[2] The bridge is open to pedestrians.

At one time the harbour was the home of 50 boats although few now remain.^[2] Initially salmon was caught, but this gave way to herring. As the herring trade became more concentrated in larger ports in the years before the First World War, the catch and the number of vessels in use in Latheronwheel declined:

Fishery Statistics

Tonnage of vessels

Cwt of fish landed

Vessels by class

Value (£] of fish landed

Fishermen

Number of curing stations (Placeholder -none in this case)

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