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Dougaldston Estate
South of Gouyave,
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Type: Sightseeing
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Dougaldston Estate is immediately south of Gouyave. Turn right between the bus stop painted in Air Jamaica livery and the cemetery. Follow the dusty road as it forks left across a small bridge and between two yellow gateposts. The parking area is behind the buildings.If only walls could talk, you’d learn a lot about the past 300 years since Dougaldston was established in 1700. It was a rebel stronghold during Fedon’s Rebellion.
The cane fields were swamped in seawater by the wave action produced by the bubbling Lagoon in St. George’s in 1867. At one time the estate encompassed 1,000 acres and had 200 laborers. Today, only 24 employees work the estate. It is hard to believe the place is still functioning, as the buildings appear run down, yet it remains the major producer of nutmeg and cloves on the island. Several people that work in the “boucan” or main building, also give tours.
The lady in charge gives a lovely presentation of the spices and can tell you how they are used in foods and as bush medicine. You can sample pimento, cinnamon, bay, clove and nutmeg. In the office, old ledgers dating from the early 1900s line the walls. Outside, large drying racks can be rolled underneath the boucan in bad weather. If there aren’t too many other tourists around, ask if you can see the building where cocoa is processed. Spices are sold on the premises.
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