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Old Merchant House

Old Harbour, Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, (Banffshire).

Tunnel(s?).

"Old Merchant House in Portsoy on the Aberdeenshire coast was once the home of the 18th-century merchant Alexander "Laird" Brebner...

Sandra Scrudis and husband John bought the house after visiting the village in 2005. She said: "Alexander Brebner was a very famous local smuggler and merchant. "He owned about eight vessels and even his own pier off the harbour where all of his contraband used to come in". "There's a smuggler's hole behind the house which is still blocked up halfway. That's where they used to take all the stuff through from the harbour". "There's a rumour that there's still undiscovered packages down there. No-one has had the fortitude to go through it yet. "Apparently the house is ­reported to have lots of ­concealed tunnels." [The Scotsman]

Alternative Names: Brebner's House, Alexander Brebner's House