Pollphail - Scottish Ghost Village - Argyll - Jun 2009

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Pollphail was built in the 1970s by the local government hoping to cash in on oil work building concrete oil rigs, this never happened and Pollphail was never inhabited. It was designed to house five hundred workers and a large dry dock was constructed alongside. There is a brand new swish marina there now and this village is in line for demolition.

When I approached the "village" it looked to me like someone had built a council housing estate and forgot there was no city

as I got closer and looked at the buildings and rooms I thought this is no ghost village, its the village of the damned

most of the buildings comprised of small apartments designed with two or three bedrooms and a toilet/shower room with no communal areas

incredibley narrow stairwells to upper appartments

ALL the apartment bedrooms looked like this - no exceptions

totally cramp and bereft of any decor and ghastly electric bar heaters

at the centre of the village there was the communal mess/galley and bar and recreation rooms - the designers obviously thought along the lines of a large motel where workers at set times would come for meals and relax in the rec halls - the apartments were obviously purely for sleeping in

the main stairwell in the communal building

they even managed to squeeze some rooms in above the communal areas!!

the bar

dining hall

the food servery

kitchen

I went on a wander trying to find good in the place

and decided a room with a view would be the best you could hope for if condemned to this place

so closing the doors on this place Im glad it was never utilised

designed to capitalise on big profits with no thought other than a chicken coop for workers it has Oil Industry written all over it!!
I was glad to leave.

thanks for looking

[escortmad79]

Haven't got time to do a full report, but my pics from when I wet can be found here: Pictures from: Pollphail Village