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A seven-figure privately funded investment has been secured to bring to the market an additional 25 hectares of land linked to over 3km of deep water quaysides. Demolition of the derelict grain warehouse was granted in 2015 despite opposition from heritage bodies, including the Cockburn Association. The building was listed 26 years ago when it was still in use and had been recognised as a rare survival that still contained its early machinery. The grain silo dates from the 1930s. It is understo...

Sandy Kennedy Cape Horn sits at 55.98° S, 67.27° W. This rocky point at the tip of South America so feared by sailors is where two great oceans meet. It’s where the sea floor drops sharply to a depth of four kilometres producing lethal currents. It’s where freezing waters are whipped by winds aptly named the Furious Fifties, and the odd stray iceberg looms into view. Cape Horn lay in wait for Ferdinand Magellan as he neared the tip of South America in October 1520, 500 years ago...