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Upload another image See more images Old Breachacha Castle Coll NM1599053910 56°35′27″N 6°37′41″W / 56.590813°N 6.628042°W / 56.590813; -6.628042 (Old Breachacha Castle) Mid-15th-century castle, restored from a ruin in the 1960s 4708 Upload another image See more images Breachacha Castle Coll NM1589554015 56°35′30″N 6°37′47″W / 56.591696°N 6. ...
The main railway line in Argyll and Bute is the West Highland Line, which links Oban to Glasgow, passing through much of the eastern and northern parts of the area. From the south the line enters Argyll and Bute just to the west of Dumbarton, continuing north via Helensburgh Upper to the eastern shores of the Gare Loch and Loch Long.
The village was finally demolished by December 2016, [10] at a cost of £300,000, with a planning application submitted for a craft distillery on the site. [ 11 ] Today, Portavadie comprises eight individual houses, a row of detached holiday houses built as part of the marina development, and the ferry terminal across Loch Fyne to Tarbert.
The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area now forms part of the larger Argyll and Bute council area. Argyll is of ancient origin, and broadly corresponds to the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata less the parts which were in Ireland. Argyll was also a medieval bishopric with its cathedral at Lismore.
Argyll and Bute Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Earra Ghàidheal is Bhòid) is one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland, covering the Argyll and Bute council area. Thirty-six representative members make up the council, elected, since 2007, by single transferable vote and, before that, by the first-past-the-post system .
This is a list of listed buildings in Argyll and Bute.The list is split out by parish.. List of listed buildings in Ardchattan And Muckairn, Argyll and Bute; List of listed buildings in Arrochar, Argyll and Bute
Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute is an administrative division of Scotland, used for electoral registration and property valuation; and for the administration of criminal justice social work services. It consists of Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, and West Dunbartonshire
Argyll and Bute Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007. Council elections [ edit ]