GOURDON, a village, in the parish of Bervie,
county of Kincardine, I5 mile (S. by W.) from Bervie
J containing 390 inhabitants. This is a fishing-village
on the eastern coast, having a small harbour, which,
however, is neither convenient nor safe, being difficult
of entrance, and much exposed to the violence of the
south and east winds. Seven boats belonging to the
place, each manned, commonly, by six or seven men, are
generally engaged in the cod and haddock fishery; and
about ten larger boats, manned each by five men, are
employed in the herring-fishery for two months in the
year. Here are large and commodious granaries, from
which upwards of 30,000 quarters of grain are annually
shipped at the port, which is subsidiary to that of Montrose.
There are also convenient sheds for coal, lime,
and other articles. The eminence called Gourdon Hill is
seen by mariners at a great distance out at sea.