Whitehouse
Whitehouse is a hamlet on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located around 5.5 miles southwest of Tarbert and around 25 miles north of Campbeltown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Whitehouse, Argyll”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dùn a’ Choin Duibh and Dunmore House.
Dùn a’ Choin Duibh
Archaeological site
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dùn a' Choin Duibh is a hillfort located near Torinturk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. According to the local shanachies, the fort is named after a black wolfhound which was half wolf, which defended the fort. Dùn a’ Choin Duibh is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitehouse.
Dunmore House
Building
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore House is a building, which is situated 1½ miles west of Whitehouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torinturk and Ardpatrick.
Torinturk
Hamlet
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed. Torinturk is situated 2 miles north of Whitehouse.
Ardpatrick
Hamlet
Photo: Lambert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardpatrick is a village at the southwestern extremity of the Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland. The village is built along the north western shore of West Loch Tarbert. Ardpatrick is situated 4½ miles west of Whitehouse.
Clachan
Village
Clachan is a small village in North Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Clachan is the site of an old church, which was the principal church for the North Kintyre area. Clachan is situated 4½ miles southwest of Whitehouse.
Whitehouse
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.79541° or 55° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
-5.48522° or 5° 29′ 7″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
9C7PQGW7+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 539378103OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Whitehouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Whitehouse (Argyll)”
- Basque: “Whitehouse”
- Dutch: “Whitehouse, Argyll”
- French: “Whitehouse”
- Irish: “Glac a‘ Mhuilinn”
- Irish: “Glac a’ Mhuilinn”
- Japanese: “ホワイトハウス”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whitehouse”. Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.