Minard
Minard is a rural village on the western shore of Loch Fyne, situated between Inveraray and Lochgilphead. Minard is 13+1⁄2 miles southwest of Inveraray, and is located at the northwestern corner of Achagoyle Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Auchgoyle” and “Minard, Argyll”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Minard Castle and New Castle Lachlan.
Minard Castle
Castle
Photo: Wendy Kirkwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minard Castle is a 19th-century castellated mansion on the north-western shore of Loch Fyne Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland, in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary.
New Castle Lachlan
Castle
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Castle Lachlan, is an 18th-century baronial mansion or country house located at Strathlachlan, Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was built in 1790 by Donald Maclachlan, 19th laird, to replace the 15th century Old Castle Lachlan, which stands nearby on the shores of Loch Fyne. New Castle Lachlan is situated 2 miles east of Minard.
Blackmill Loch
Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackmill Loch is an impounding reservoir, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch was constructed in 1964 and is one source of freshwater for the Lochgair Hydroelectric Scheme. Blackmill Loch is situated 2 miles west of Minard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tullochgorm and Furnace.
Tullochgorm
Hamlet
Tullochgorm is an old township parish which lies one mile south of Minard in the county of Argyll and Bute in Western Scotland and today comprises only six inhabited cottages.
Furnace
Village
Photo: Paul Hadfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Furnace is a village in Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland, on the north shore of Loch Fyne, the longest sea loch in the United Kingdom. Furnace is around eight miles southwest of Inveraray on the A83 road. Furnace is situated 3½ miles northeast of Minard.
Lochgair
Village
Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochgair is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village. Lochgair is situated 5 miles southwest of Minard.
Minard
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.11705° or 56° 7′ 1″ northLongitude
-5.25277° or 5° 15′ 10″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C8P4P8W+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 276719840OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
“Minard” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Minard (Argyll)”
- Basque: “Minard”
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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 “Minard”. Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.