Clachaig

Clachaig

Clachaig Village
Scotland
Clachaig
Clachaig shown 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
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute

Clachaig; (Scottish Gaelic: Clachaig) is a small settlement, 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]

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.

Clachaig
Blackcraig Burn, Clachaig. - geograph.org.uk - 1299974 

References

  1. ↑ name=OS63>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. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  4. ↑ Gaelic place names of Scotland
  5. ↑ http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/rcahms/40783/clachaig-glenlean-blackpowder-works/rcahms |title=Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works |publisher=ScotlandsPlaces |date= |accessdate=2016-12-14
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