PENNAN, a village, in the parish of Aberdour,
district of Buchan, county of Aberdeen, 2 miles (N.N.
W.) from the village of Aberdour; containing 168 inhabitants.
This is a thriving fishing-village, situated on
the Moray Firth, in the north-west quarter of the parish,
and on the coast-road from Banff to Fraserburgh. The
Firth here abounds with fish in great variety, principally
cod, ling, haddock, turbot, halibut, sole, mackerel, and
herrings; and lobsters, crabs, and other shell-fish are
taken. Six boats, with a complement of four men each,
are usually employed upon the station. In the rocks
of Pennan is a millstone-quarry: at one period the
stones were sent to the south and west of Scotland, the
demand being very great; but at present a few men only
are engaged, and the quarry is comparatively little
wrought. A school has been established in the village,
for the children of the fishermen.