Clachaig

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Clachaig
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Clachaig Village
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Clachaig
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NS 12100 81400
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode district PA23
Dialling code 01369
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°59′19″N5°00′50″W / 55.988661°N 5.0138990°W / 55.988661; -5.0138990

Clachaig (Scottish Gaelic : Clachaig) is a small settlement in Glen Lean, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. [1] [2] It is located on the B836 road between the Holy Loch and Loch Striven, the hamlet is just over a mile long. [3] Clachaig is a Gaelic word meaning 'stone place'. [4]

Contents

The Hamlet consists of twenty-two houses and was built for accommodation for the workers of the powder mill. The mill manufactured gunpowder. [5]

The river at the bottom of the glen is the Blackcraig Burn that joins the Little Eachaig River, then joining the River Eachaig and flowing into the Holy Loch.

Transportation

The settlement is served by the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus, operated by West Coast Motors. [6]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 63 Firth of Clyde (Greenock & Rothesay) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319229699.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. "B836 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki". Sabre-roads.org.uk. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. Gaelic place names of Scotland
  5. "Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works". ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  6. "SCOTLAND'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE". www.keybuses.com. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.