Portgower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Portgower by david glass as part of the Geograph project.
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Portgower
Image: © david glass Taken: 15 Aug 2007
Portgower was a 'planned' village and its unusual feature is that the crofthouses are grouped in one area and the associated croft land is outside the settlement. It is said that this design was based on a French village.
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Image Location
Latitude
58.097492
Longitude
-3.689659