Close to the port of Gregory, a site in a narrow gully between two limestone spurs was chosen for a town and convict depot to house up to 60 ticket-of-leave men. They quarried stone and built a limekiln, quarters for guards, lock-up, barracks, hospital and bakery. The town never eventuated although Capt Henry Sanford managed to have his two storey house built on a lot within the town site. The convict depot was a failure and closed after 18 months.
1853 Lynton Convict Depot
