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Portavadie (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhadaidh) is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the coast of the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland.[1]
The Portavadie complex was built in 1975[2] by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. However, the intention was soon overtaken by acceptance that steel platforms were the future for the oil industry in Scotland. Despite suggestions to turn the complex into a holiday village, it lay redundant until in the mid-1980s the enclosed port was used by a local fish farm company.
In 2013 a further report in the Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard says that the derelict "village", known as Polphail, was sold to a forestry company who planned to demolish the buildings and build new houses. By 2016 the buildings had been demolished, but the plans had changed to the construction a whisky distillery on the site, with construction to commence in early 2023.[3][4][5]
^"Visitor Information". Portavadie. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^"Portavadie (Public Inquiry)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 998. House of Commons. 3 February 1981. col. 147–154. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
^"Cowal Ghost Village Sold". Dunoon Observer. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^"Plans for distillery in 'ghost village' approved by council". STV News. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^Collins, Georgie (28 October 2022). "New plans submitted for Portavadie Distillery". The Spirits Business. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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site of a ferry across Loch Fyne. Otter Ferry is situated 9 miles from Portavadie from where there is a ferry to Tarbert, in Kintyre, operated by Caledonian...
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completion of the shorter A8003. The village is served by the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus, operated by West Coast Motors. A pier was possibly built in the 1830s...
flowing into the Holy Loch. The settlement is served by the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus, operated by West Coast Motors. Blackcraig Burn, Clachaig. Ordnance...
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for Caledonian MacBrayne. Initially, she operated between Tarbert and Portavadie, was moved to the Mallaig to Armadale route in 2016 and currently operates...
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