Looking down the Holy Loch from Lazaretto Point
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Looking down the Holy Loch from Lazaretto Point by Elliott Simpson as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Elliott Simpson Taken: 18 Oct 2008
Lazaretto Point takes its name from the quarantine station and storage houses that were built in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. Lazar House, or Lazaretto, was the name for a hospital, first established by the Order of St. Lazarus. People suffering from leprosy, the plague and other infectious and contagious diseases were taken care of at this site. The Ships from foreign ports would ride out the period of quarantine, while their cargo would be discharged on to the station. See http://www.sandbank-dt.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6 There is also a Lazaretto Point at the harbour in Baltimore which also acquired its name from a quarantine hospital. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazaretto_Point_Light
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