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Dumfries and Galloway
- Places of Interest
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Logan Fish Pond
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Port Logan, Stranraer
Tel: 01776 860300
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The first time visitor to Logan Fish Pond is
often amazed and surprised by what they see. Not
until they enter through the original Fish Keepers Cottage and have their first glimpse of the
pond below do they have any idea of what this unique and historic attraction holds.
In 1788 Andrew McDouall Laird of Logan decided to create a Fish Larder for storing live
sea fish by adapting a natural rock formation in the form of a blow hole, formed during the last
ice-age. The work took 12 years and was finished in 1800. Many visitors return year after year
and indeed some have been doing so for fifty or sixty years, feeding the fish today as
they remember doing so as children.
In the springtime, the area around the Pond is a carpet of daffodils, primroses
and bluebells and later in the year these are replaced with an abundance of wild
flowers, including thrift and sea campion.
On the rocks next to the Fish Pond is a restored Victorian Bathing Hut which
adjoins a Bathing Pool. Recent additions to the original pond include Touch Pools,
Cave Aquarium and Gift Shop. Open 1st February to 30th September 10am to 5pm and
1st October to early November 10am to 4pm. Some disabled access.
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