Sea-front houses, Port Logan
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Sea-front houses, Port Logan
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 8 Oct 2017
These were built along a track to an old pier. Improvements to the village were begun in 1818 by Colonel Andrew MacDowall (Douall), the laird of Logan, who erected a new quay and bell tower from a design by Thomas Telford. Laird had grand ambitions for the harbour and renamed the village Port Logan. The Laird built a grand three storey house at one end of the village and planned to build more, to create an impressive facade. His ultimate aim was for the cottage dwellers to move up to new houses on the top row, but most were unwilling to leave even though his new embankment with the road on top effectively blocked their view of the bay. They took advantage of the shelter the embankment offered and those that could afford to, built another storey onto their property. (Extracted from http://portlogan.com/ )
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Image Location
Latitude
54.723382
Longitude
-4.956478