Port Logan

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Port Logan
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Port Logan
Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference NX097405
•  Edinburgh 110 mi (177 km)
•  London 299 mi (481 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stranraer
Postcode district DG9
Police Scotland
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Ambulance Scottish
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54°43′23″N4°57′23″W / 54.72315°N 4.95644°W / 54.72315; -4.95644
View over the harbour of Port Logan out into the Irish Sea: Telford's bell tower is clearly visible Port Logan sunset.jpg
View over the harbour of Port Logan out into the Irish Sea: Telford's bell tower is clearly visible

Port Logan, formerly Port Nessock, is a small village in the parish of Kirkmaiden in the Rhins of Galloway in Wigtownshire. The Gaelic name is Port Neasaig.

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Port Nessock Bay is now all that remains of the western end of a strait that in post-glacial times separated the main part of what is now the Rinns of Galloway from three smaller islands to its south. [1] There was a ruined pier in the bay in 1790, at which time kelp and samphire were gathered on the coast to the south. [2]

The village was planned; it was created by Colonel Andrew MacDowall (Douall), the laird of Logan, in 1818. MacDowall erected a quay and bell tower designed by Thomas Telford, and a causewayed road leading to them. This causeway blocked the view to seaward of the existing houses on the Lower Road (Laigh Row), whose inhabitants MacDowall expected to move to a new Upper Road; in the event, they welcomed the shelter it provided from the brisk onshore winds, and preferred to stay put, though subsequently most of them added a second storey so recovering some of the sea view.[ citation needed ]

Facilities

Facilities include a village hall which used to be the local Lifeboat Station. It is run by a local committee and completely self-funding. In recent years it has been used for a range of social events such as weddings and to celebrate Hogmanay and St Andrew's Night. It is sometimes used for meetings of the Kirkmaiden Community Council. [3]

Attractions

The Logan Fish Pond, Logan Botanic Garden & Logan House Garden are located near Port Logan.

Logan Fish Pond was built by Colonel Andrew McDouall, originally as a fish larder for Logan House, circa 1788 and completed around 1800, with a Keeper's Cottage and Bathing Hut which are part of the Logan Fishpond Marine Life Centre.[ citation needed ]

Media associations

The village was used between 2001 and 2003 as the setting for a popular BBC series, Two Thousand Acres of Sky starring actress Michelle Collins.

2017 saw the filming of The Vanishing starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan and newcomer Connor Swindells. [4]

USAAF Douglas C-47 crash

On 27 July 1944, two Douglas C-47 Skytrains (one was serial number 42-93038) of the United States Army Air Forces were on a flight from Filton to a stop at Prestwick before flying on to the United States. The flight was transporting wounded soldiers. The flight encountered bad weather, and the pilot of 42-93038 tried to gain altitude to clear the cliffs. The C-47 crashed into the cliff side at Port Logan, where all 22 passengers and crew died. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Whittow, J B (1977). Geology and Scenery in Scotland. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 63. ISBN   0-14-021867-X. OCLC   3690635.
  2. ↑ Statistical Account of Scotland , vol 5, page 429; republished 1983
  3. ↑ "Community Councils". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Gerard Butler's lighthouse mystery movie hits the big screen". www.bbc.co.uk/news. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Aviation Safety Network 19440727-0
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