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467 Girdleness Lighthouse at the Bay of Nigg. Constructed in 1833, the architect was Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the Treasure Island author. St. Fittick's Well
1853 A photograph from 1906 of St. Fittick's Well, located in the Bay of Nigg.
An account of the well is given by Thomas W. Ogilvie (1861-1908) in The Book of Saint Fittick, a history of Torry, written and presented as a Bazaar Book to Saint Fittick's Church, Torry, in December 1901.
Ogilvie worked as a doctor in Torry for seven years and was prominent in the public life of the district. An account of his life is given in the introduction to a posthumously published collection of his verse, Poems (1911).
Ogilvie suggests use the well dates to pagan times and gives an account of its storied healing powers and the tradition of offering gifts in the hope of good health and fortune. He suggests St Fittick, the patron saint of Torry, became the object of these benefactions after the arrival of Christianity.
He details the tradition of visiting the area and leaving gifts on the first Sunday of May. Ogilvie writes:
"Town Council and Kirk Session struggled by laws and punishments to stop those Sunday wanderings and to efface those vestiges of old superstitions, but the customs of centuries die hard, and to-day young and old, to whom the name St. Fittick is a meaningless term and the repute of his well quite unknown, ramble on Sundays and week-days to the bay once called by his name, and they find the old power still lingers, for the beauty of the Bay, the fresh sea-breeze, and the pure draught from the old spring still bless and heal."
The well is understood to have been washed away by coastal erosion in the early 20th century. Its location, latterly its site, is recorded in old large scale Ordnance Survey maps. D09_17
2000 Girdleness Lighthouse at the Bay of Nigg. Constructed in 1833, the architect was Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the Treasure Island author. The Bay of Nigg and Girdleness Lighthouse
2011 This photograph of the Bay of Nigg shows Girdleness Lighthouse far off in the distance. Girdleness Lighthouse
2385 The Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses were responsible for the erection of Girdleness Lighthouse. It was designed by their engineer Robert Stevenson and building commenced in 1831. The lighthouse came into use as a permanent light station on 15th October 1833.
This photograph comes from the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, George Stephen's, Christmas card of 1958. S.S. G. Koch
2705 An Adelphi Series postcard showing the wreck of the S.S. G. Koch off Girdleness, Aberdeen.
The G. Koch was a Danish cargo steamer of 1159 tonnes that was registered in Odense. Due to a particularly bad storm the ship was dashed on the rocks south of Aberdeen harbour on Saturday 13 January 1913.
Despite heroic efforts of three life-saving brigades, and many volunteers, seven of the nineteen on-board drowned. The rescue operation was not completed until Sunday morning. South Harbour
2910 A photograph of the construction of the South Harbour project in Nigg Bay in August 2018. The image looks south east from Greyhope Road.
This photograph was submitted to the Silver City Vault by Alison Murray, a member of staff at Airyhall Library. South Harbour
2911 A photograph of the construction of the South Harbour project in Nigg Bay in August 2018. The image looks south west into the bay from Greyhope Road.
This photograph was submitted to the Silver City Vault by Alison Murray, a member of staff at Airyhall Library. |