What is recorded here

Lamont's Castle Yard in Port Glasgow built ships through the nineteenth century, filling Inverclyde air with hammer strikes and tar. The yard turned local hands into a machine for the sea, producing vessels that carried trade and people beyond the coast. Its exact boundary has faded, but the function remains clear: human muscle and iron became shipwork.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Port Glasgow, Lamont's Castle Yard as Shipyard (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Lamont's Castle Yard in Port Glasgow was a 19th-century shipyard, significant for its contribution to Scotland's industrial and maritime heritage. It is remembered as part of the country's expansion in shipbuilding during the Industrial Revolution.

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