Roanheads
Residential area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Roanheads is a residential area of coastal Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located between Peterhead and Buchanhaven. Laid out by 1771, now the oldest part of the town,[1] it was established after Peterhead's fishermen settled there due to its position on the northeastern shoulder of the town's peninsula, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of today's town centre.[2] Two streets in the area are also named Roanheads, although they were likely joined prior to modern construction on Seagate.
| Roanheads | |
|---|---|
Looking east along one of the streets named Roanheads from Seagate | |
  Roanheads Location within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | NK 1346 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETERHEAD |
| Postcode district | AB42 |
| Dialling code | 01779 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
It is mentioned in the town's original feu contract as being Peterhead's "commonty and pasturage".[1]
Historian Charles McKean believes some of the few surviving pantiled houses may be original.[3] Almost all of the homes on New Street, Almanthyle Road, Gladstone Road, Port Henry Road and Great Stuart Road are listed.[4] They make up a large section of Aberdeenshire Council's Peterhead Roanheads Conservation Area, one of around forty conservation areas in Aberdeenshire.[5]
Roanheads takes its name from a pair of headlands a short distance to the northeast,[2] overlooked by Gadle Braes.
In February 1880, the schooner Lady Kilmarnock ran ashore at Roanheads during a voyage from Sunderland to Peterhead. She was refloated, but consequently sank. Her crew survived.[6]
Peterhead Docks railway station stood in Roanheads between 1865 and 1946.[7]
Part of the headlands below Gadle Braes
