Port Logan Fish Pond - Marine Life Centre
Logan fish pond is a fully restored Victorian fish larder in a unique setting. A historic tidal pool created by a blow hole which formed some time during the last ice age.
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 Keeper's 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 on the shore. The work took 12 years and was finished in 1800. So Logan Fish Pond as it became known is over 200 years old.
Many of our 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.
Recent additions to the original pond include Touch Pools, Cave Aquarium and Gift Shop.
On the rocks next to the Fish Pond is the Bathing Hut, now restored and open for viewing. Beyond the Bathing Hut is the Bathing Pool. In Victorian times this was a favourite place for family outings from Logan House.
Springtime around the Fish Pond sees carpets of Daffodils, primroses and bluebells. Later it becomes a natural rock garden of squill, thrift, sea campions and an abundance of other varieties of wild flowers throughout the summer. Worth a special mention are the bright pink flowers of the Hottentot Fig plant which cascades down the rocks towards the pond. It is mainly found growing around the Mediterranean and there are few places where it can be found growing this far north.
In geological terms the rocks of Scotland are classified as ancient. Those from the South West of Scotland are from the Orthodoyician and Silurian eras and are five hundred million to four hundred and thirty five million years old.
We also run a very successful lobster breeding programme.
Contact
Bookings
Port Logan
Nr Stranraer
Dumfries & Galloway
DG9 9NF
Scotland
Tel: +44 (1776) 860300
E-Mail: ian.whitehead6@btinternet.com
WWW: http://www.loganfishpond.co.uk
