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Hound Point is a marine terminal on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, Scotland, just east of the Forth Bridge. Opened in 1975, it is owned and operated by BP as an oil-export terminal for North Sea oil and is the largest such facility in Scotland. The name also refers to a rocky headland on the Forth's southern shore. The terminal is made up of two sea-island berths that can load vessels of up to 350,000 DWT. Crude oil, supplied by the Forties Pipeline, is loaded from a tank farm at Dalmeny on the southern shore of the estuary or direct from the pipeline. The name 'Hound Point' derives from a local legend surrounding the lord of nearby Barnbougle Castle, currently Lord Rosebery. The legend states that one of the first lords set off to fight in the Crusades, leaving his beloved hunting-hound behind. At the moment the man was killed, the hound began howling uncontrollably, eventually dying of its grief. Ever since then, the howling ghost of the hound has appeared on the point whenever the present lord is about to die. ==See also== *List of ports and harbours in Scotland *List of Panamax ports#Great Britain 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hound Point」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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