Port-Logan, a seaport village on the W coast of Kirkmaiden parish, Wigtownshire, at the head of Portnessock Bay, 14 miles S by E of Stranraer. It has a post and telegraph office, a public school, and a jetty. A circular tidal fish-pond, 10 yards in diameter, has been excavated in the cliffs to the N of the bay, and contains many tame cod and a few 'blockans' or coal fish.Ord. Sur., sh. 1, 1856.
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