Argyll and Bute is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Mrs Jane Margaret MacLeod. The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current Council leader is Aileen Morton.
Argyll, sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Loch Awe is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe, or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such as Innis Chonnell and Inishail.
Loch Eck; is a freshwater loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is seven miles long. Apart from Loch Lomond, it is the only naturally occurring habitat of the Powan (fish). Besides powan, the loch also has salmon, sea trout, brown trout and arctic charr.
The River Add is a river which runs through Argyll and Bute on the West of Scotland. Historically, it was known as the river Airigh but to avoid confusion with the River Aray|Aray]], it was renamed the River Add.
Loch an Sgoltaire is an impounding reservoir located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It is located at grid reference NR386972, northwest of Kiloran and is the main source of fresh water for the island. The concrete dam was constructed in 1982 and is 3.1 metres high.
Allt na Lairige Dam, is a pre-stressed concrete dam in Argyll and Bute, Scotland at grid reference NN25251745. It creates an impounding reservoir which serves the Glen Fyne hydroelectric scheme.
Loch Ascog is a small reservoir on the east coast of the island of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch supplies water to the town of Rothesay and the fishing rights are held by the Isle of Bute Angling Association. Loch Ascog is 44.7 hectares in extent. To the west is the much larger Loch Fad.
Asgog Loch; is a natural freshwater loch, situated about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Tighnabruaich, on the Cowal peninsula within Argyll and Bute, Scotland, which was dammed to create an impounding reservoir for the supply of freshwater to the Low Mills of the nearby gunpowder mills at Millhouse.
National grid reference NR72532231
Bishop’s Glen Reservoir also known as Dunoon Reservoir used to be the source for drinking water for the town of Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, a function now satisfied via Loch Eck. Records show that this impounding reservoir was created before 1880. The Balgaidh Burn is the main inflow and outflow.
Cam Loch is one of a number of water supply sources for the Crinan Canal. The impounding reservoir lies to the south of the canal and about 3 kilometres west of Lochgilphead. It has an earthwork dam 8.5 metres high, with records showing that construction was before 1860.
Feorlin is an impounding reservoir located 2 kilometres west of Minard. The loch is part of the Lochgair Hydroelectric Scheme. The rockfill dam is 4.19 metres high and was completed in 1964. When not diverted for hydroelectric purposes, the loch feeds a tributary of the River Add.
National grid reference NR64128867
The loch runs south west to north east and is an impounding reservoir located to the west of Lochgilphead, Scotland. It is one of a number of lochs supplying water to the Crinan Canal. The earthen dam is 15 metres high. Records show the dam was constructed before 1860.
Loch Tarsan; is a freshwater loch and impounding reservoir located 13 kilometres Northwest of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. This three-armed Reservoir extends into both Glen Tarsan and Glen Lean. It supplies water to the Striven Hydro-Electric Scheme. The larger of the two dams is 17.6 metres high and was completed in 1953. The water that is collected in the loch, are piped to the hydro-electric generating station, located at Ardtaraig, at the head of Loch Striven.
Knockruan Loch is a reservoir of the impounding variety, located 2.5 kilometres north of Campbeltown, Scotland, and is one of three lochs supplying water to the town. The earthfill dam is 1.82 metres high and was completed in 1931.
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