Tarry sheds

Another great day for a visit to Fittie, the old fishing village at the entrance to Aberdeen harbour and the River Dee.
I mentioned, yesterday, that the houses are arranged around squares and that the squares themselves are filled with tarred wooden buildings originally used to store nets and other fishing paraphernalia. Here is a fine example of one of the tarry sheds.
The houses built for the fisherfolk were originally single-storeyed , and many still are, but over the years some have been heightened to 2 and even 3 storeys, as in the case of the building beyond the shed.
Aberdeen harbour has been in use for a very long time; the first recorded reference was in AD 1136 when King David 1st of Scotland granted the Bishops of Aberdeen the right to levy a tithe on all ships trading at the port. It is widely believed that the Port Authority, dating from 1136, is the oldest registered company in the UK.