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Port Charlotte, Islay

Coordinates: 55°44′20″N 6°22′41″W / 55.739°N 6.378°W / 55.739; -6.378
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Port Charlotte
Looking south towards Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte is located in Argyll and Bute
Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte
Location within Argyll and Bute
Population350 (1991)
OS grid referenceNR252581
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF ISLAY
Postcode districtPA48
Dialling code01496
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AmbulanceScottish
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55°44′20″N 6°22′41″W / 55.739°N 6.378°W / 55.739; -6.378

Port Charlotte (Template:Lang-gd) is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828. In 1991 it had a population of 350.[1]

Port Charlotte was named after Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, the mother of its founder Walter Frederick Campbell;[2] and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery work force. Parts of the former distillery buildings are now in use as Youth Hostel and Wildlife Centre. Others are currently used by a garage nearby. The remaining warehouses are currently owned and used by Bruichladdich distillery to mature their Port Charlotte heavily peated spirit, named in tribute to the village and original distillery.

The village is located on the shores of Loch Indaal and is very picturesque with its white-painted houses. It is home to the Museum of Islay Life which is located in a former Church building.

In October 1813, the American privateer The True Blooded Yankee[3][4] captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Details of Port Charlotte". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. 2007. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.
  3. ^ Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy. Fireship Press. August 2008. ISBN 9781934757406. Retrieved 1 August 2008. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers. McFarland. August 2008. ISBN 9781934757406. Retrieved 3 September 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Britannia: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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