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Argyll Street Dunoon's Argyll Hotel and East Bay around 1895, with Argyll Street on the left Length 0.48 mi (0.77 km) Location Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland South end Pier Esplanade North end Bencorum Brae Argyll Street is the main street of the Scottish town of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute. It runs for about 0.9 miles (1.4 km), from Pier Esplanade (the A815) in the ...
Dunoon (/ d u ˈ n uː n /; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Omhain [t̪un ˈo.ɪɲ]) is the main town on the Cowal Peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. [2]
The Scottish Episcopal Church is represented in Oban by the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, situated in George Street. [58] It is one of two cathedrals of the united Diocese of Argyll and the Isles , the other being the Cathedral of the Isles in Millport , Isle of Cumbrae .
Connel (Gaelic: A' Choingheal [1]) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Loch Etive. The Lusragan Burn flows through the village and into the loch. The most noticeable feature in the village is Connel Bridge, a large cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive at the Falls of Lora.
The Inveraray Inn (formerly known as the New Inn, Great Inn, Argyll Arms Hotel and Argyll Hotel) on Front Street being his, as well as the Town House. Much of the rest of the town, including the church, was designed and built by the celebrated Edinburgh-born architect Robert Mylne (1733-1811) between 1772 and 1800. [11]
Ardrishaig lies on the side of a hill (the Cruach nam Bonnach face of Cruach Breacain) bordering the west side of Loch Gilp, just north of where it joins Loch Fyne.The linear settlement stretches southwards along the A83 (Chalmers Street) from around 0.6 kilometres (0.4 miles) south of the junction with the A816, on the southwest side of Lochgilphead.
The narrows form a natural crossing to Bonawe on the north shore, and for centuries the village was a staging post and resting place for travellers. A small hill immediately to the east of the main street of the village was the site of Killespickerill, which was built in 1228 as the seat of the Bishop of Argyll.
This List of places in Argyll and Bute is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, canal, and other place of interest in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland.