Quote Originally Posted by Halitosis View Post
Certainement Tantallon Castle and the harbour is at nearby Seacliff beach, though I admit that I'm unfamiliar with the term "Guegan": my own Google-fu only comes up with a French crooner?
Bloody autocorrect! Ghegan!
At the western end of the beach is an outcrop of red sandstone called the Ghegan, which means ‘churchman’s haven’ (an interesting name in itself); and if you clamber up there at low tide, you can look down into the UK’s smallest harbour.

In 1890, the local landowner, Andrew Laidlay, used a steam engine and compressed air to slice a rectangular bite out of this lump of rock. Even today, this would be a remarkable achievement. The harbour is only 40 feet long, and the entrance is barely 10 feet across, with a sharp corner to navigate as you come in. You certainly couldn’t get a yacht in here!