Port Charlotte (Scotland)
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Port Charlotte Scottish Gaelic Port Sgioba |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 44 ′ N , 6 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF ISLAY | ||
| ZIP code section | PA46 | ||
| prefix | 01496 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Port Charlotte ( Gaelic : Port Sgioba ) is a town on the Scottish island of Islay and thus administratively belongs to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . Port Charlotte is located in the south-western part of the island known as the Rhinns of Islay on the west bank of Loch Indaal .
The village was founded in 1828 by Walter Frederick Campbell and named after his mother. Port Charlotte was the location of two nationally important whiskey distilleries , Lochindaal (also called Port Charlotte ) and Octomore . Lochindaal was founded in 1829 and closed again 100 years later, Octomore was only operated between 1816 and 1852. However, the nearby Bruichladdich distillery currently sells its own whiskeys with the brand names Octomore (very heavily peated) and Port Charlotte (heavily peated). Bruichladdich also announced the reopening of the Port Charlotte distillery on the Lochindaal site in 2007. The planned opening, however, has been postponed indefinitely.
Port Charlotte lighthouse
Port Charlotte Pier
Remains of the Port Charlotte distillery
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Lochindaal Distillery in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on the Lochindaal distillery on lostdistillery.com
- ↑ Entry on the Octomore distillery on scotlandsplaces.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Entry on the Octomore distillery on lostdistillery.com
- ↑ Entry on Octomore on maltmadness.com
- ↑ Information on the reopening of the Port Charlotte distillery on islayinfo.com
