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Clachaig

Coordinates: 55°59′19″N 5°00′50″W / 55.988661°N 5.0138990°W / 55.988661; -5.0138990
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Clachaig
Clachaig Village
Scotland
Scotland
Clachaig
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNS 12100 81400
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode districtPA23
Dialling code01369
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°59′19″N 5°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, west of 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]

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

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

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References

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  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.
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