Portincaple
Portincaple is a hamlet on the shores of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hamiltonstone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garelochhead railway station and Clach Bheinn.
Garelochhead railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. Garelochhead railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Portincaple.
Clach Bheinn
Peak
Clach Bheinn is a hill in Scotland near Lochgoilhead in the Ardgoil Peninsula and is within the Arrochar Alps. The hill reaches a height of 441 m and has a prominence of 134 m. It is in the area known as Argyll's Bowling Green. Clach Bheinn is situated 1½ miles northwest of Portincaple.
Carrick Castle
Castle
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrick Castle is a 14th-century tower house on the west shore of Loch Goil on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located between Cuilmuich and Carrick, 4 miles south of Lochgoilhead. Carrick Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Portincaple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whistlefield and Garelochhead.
Whistlefield
Hamlet
Whistlefield is a hamlet on the east shore of Loch Eck on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. It is home to the Category C listed building, the Whistlefield Inn, which was established around 1801–1804.
Garelochhead
Village
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garelochhead is a small town on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest town to the HMNB Clyde naval base. Garelochhead lies 7 miles northwest of Helensburgh. Loch Lomond is a few miles to the east, and Loch Long to the west.
Carrick Castle
Village
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carrick Castle is a village on the western shore of Loch Goil, 4.3 miles south of Lochgoilhead in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is within both Argyll Forest Park and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Carrick Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Portincaple.
Portincaple
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.09995° or 56° 5′ 60″ northLongitude
-4.84436° or 4° 50′ 40″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PRPOpen location code
9C8Q35X4+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1242327216OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2640042Wikidata ID
Q7231823
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Portincaple” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Portincaple”
- Dutch: “Portincaple”
- French: “Portincaple”
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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 “Portincaple”. Photo: Hamiltonstone, CC BY-SA 3.0.