Lochhead
Lochhead is a locality in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Lochhead is situated nearby to the village Colintraive, as well as near Tighnabruaich.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Dubh and Colintraive Hotel.
Eilean Dubh
Island
Photo: Neil McDermott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
This particular Eilean Dubh is sometimes known as Glen Caladh Island and lies just off the Cowal peninsula in the Kyles of Bute. The island is around 0.3 kilometres at its longest length and rises to a height of 19 metres above sea level. Eilean Dubh is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lochhead.
Colintraive Hotel
Hotel
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Colintraive Hotel is a hotel and pub in Colintraive, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was formerly a hunting lodge for John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute.
Eilean Dearg
Islet
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Eilean Dearg is a small island in Loch Ruel in Argyll, Scotland. The island was once home to a castle, which was destroyed by naval action in Argyll's Rising in 1685. Eilean Dearg is situated 2 miles northwest of Lochhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colintraive and Tighnabruaich.
Colintraive
Village
Colintraive is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Once the site where cattle were swum across the narrows to the Isle of Bute, the MV Loch Dunvegan — a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne — now provides a link to the island.
Tighnabruaich
Village
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Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. Tighnabruaich is situated 3 miles west of Lochhead.
Kames
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kames is a small village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the shore of the west arm of the Kyles of Bute. Kames is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Tighnabruaich. Kames is situated 3½ miles southwest of Lochhead.
Lochhead
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Loch Striven” and “Loch Strivenhead”
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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