Port Charlotte, Islay

Port Charlotte (Scottish Gaelic: Port Sgioba) 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
  • Scottish Gaelic: Port Sgioba

Looking south towards 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
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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 The True Blooded Yankee[2][3] captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three.[4]

References
  1. "Details of Port Charlotte". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. "Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy". Edgar Stanton Maclay. Fireship Press. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  3. "The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers". Bud Hannings. McFarland. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. "Britannia: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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