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PORT
LOGAN
Port
Logan lies in the south corner of Port Logan (or Port Nessock)
Bay, and consists of two rows of houses, one on the level
of the shore, the other higher up on the hill face. The peculiarity
of the lower houses is that the road runs along an embankment
in front of the houses blocking the view of the sea from the
ground floor – however the view is still to be had from the
second level (see history).
Although
small, the village has a Post Office and the Port
Logan Inn , which caters for the traveller and locals,
and boats can be launched from the slipway.
In 1800
Colonel Andrew MacDouall formed the Logan Fishpond, which
is situated on the north side of the bay. This is a circular
hole in the rocks which has since been enlarged and deepened
artificially to create a natural pool, into which the sea
washes at every tide through a narrow crevice (nowadays it
is done with valves), and then washed out again refreshing
the water left behind. It was used to keep cod for the table
at Logan House but today it is a marine centre housing all
kinds of sea creatures.
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In
1820 the same Colonel MacDouall built the stone pier at
Port Logan in an attempt to make a safe harbour to rival
Portpatrick but the trade did not materialise and Port
Logan remained a small fishing village, at one time housing
the local lifeboat which was hauled between Port Logan
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Logan Harbour |
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Perhaps
the most famous local attraction is the Logan Botanic Gardens,
where the visitor can see rows of Chusan palms from China,
huge tree ferns and Cabbage palms, all growing outside, in
the mild climate, courtesy of the Gulf Stream.
"Two
Thousand Acres of Sky”
 Great
excitement was generated in summer 2000 when a film crew descended
upon this little village. Months of filming resulted in the
making of this series being shown on BBC early in 2001. Local
people were drafted in as “extras” though disappointingly
not all of the filmed material was used. It is not readily
known that Port Logan was used as a backdrop for this popular
programme and most viewers think that the “island” was one
accessed from the Isle of Skye.
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