Sandwiched between the sea wall and the A98 is the fishing village of Seatown. This is a unique collection of fisherman's stone cottages dating in part from the 17th Century. Many are turned with their gable ends to the sea to stave of the onslaught of the North Sea. These were the homes of the herring fishers. Entering and leaving each end of Seatown leads you to travel under large railway viaducts which were completed in 1886. The eastern end of Seatown hosts Cullen harbour built between 1817 and 1819 by William Minto and designed by Thomas Telford. Additions were built by William Robertson in 1834. The large herring fleet is no more, with the harbour now mainly used by leisure craft and local fishermen. Seatown originally had many shops the last of which closed in 1992. These included a ships chandlery, grocers, cobblers, shoe shop, confectioners, green grocers, butchers, newsagents, drapers and a fish and chip shop. In 1953 Seatown was flooded by the 'great storm'. Follwing this the sea wall and defences were built and Seatown has not flooded since.