Port Charlotte
| Port Charlotte | |
| Argyllshire | |
|---|---|
 Looking south towards Port Charlotte | |
| Location | |
| Island: | Islay |
| Grid reference: | NR252581 |
| Location: | 55°44’20"N, 6°22’41"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Isle of Islay |
| Postcode: | PA48 |
| Dialling code: | 01496 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Argyll and Bute |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Argyll and Bute |
Port Charlotte is a village on the island of Islay in Argyllshire. It was founded in 1828.
Port Charlotte was named after Lord Frederick Campbell's wife, 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 Joshua Hailey (The True Blooded Yankee)[1][2] captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three.[3]
References
- ↑ "Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy". Edgar Stanton Maclay. Fireship Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=y4mjWVIKvVUC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=American+privateer+%22The+True+Blooded+Yankee%22&source=bl&ots=IGC5O-cuRB&sig=Y_FjXt1smfEqvsZJcL2vHS_Tsck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC6If-huDPAhVs7YMKHXCIAG8Q6AEIMDAD#v=onepage&q=American%20privateer%20%22The%20True%20Blooded%20Yankee%22&f=false. Retrieved Aug 1, 2008.
- ↑ "The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers". Bud Hannings. McFarland. https://books.google.com/books?id=y4mjWVIKvVUC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=American+privateer+%22The+True+Blooded+Yankee%22&source=bl&ots=IGC5O-cuRB&sig=Y_FjXt1smfEqvsZJcL2vHS_Tsck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC6If-huDPAhVs7YMKHXCIAG8Q6AEIMDAD#v=onepage&q=American%20privateer%20%22The%20True%20Blooded%20Yankee%22&f=false. Retrieved Sep 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Britannia: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/268802/details/britannia+loch+indaal+islay+atlantic/. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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