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Portree Bay, Skye
Valentine, James, 1865, Photograph
Portree Bay, Skye
Portree Bay, Skye
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24560
Title
Portree Bay, Skye
Description
The sign on the house to the left of the picture reads, 'Furnished apartments'.
Artist / maker
Valentine, James
Date
1865
Size
11.5 x 20.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Portree is only about 200 years old and was created as a fishing village at the beginning of the 19th century by the then Lord MacDonald. The name Portree or Port Righ, King's Port in Gaelic, is popularly thought to derive from a visit by King James V (of Scotland) in 1540 but the area around the harbour was called Portree or Portray long before the arrival of the king. Its name really comes from the Gaelic for Port on the Slope.
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