East Loch Tarbert
East Loch Tarbert is a bay in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. East Loch Tarbert is situated nearby to the hamlet West Tarbert, as well as near the locality Stonefield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tarbert Castle and Tarbert Parish Church.
Tarbert Castle
Castle
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Tarbert Castle is located on the southern shore of East Loch Tarbert, at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland, at the north end of Kintyre. Tarbert Castle was a strategic royal stronghold during the Middle Ages and one of three castles at Tarbert.
Tarbert Parish Church
Church
Tarbert Parish Church is a Category B listed building in Tarbert, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute.
Stonefield Castle
Hotel
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stonefield Castle is a Scottish baronial manor house near the village of Stonefield, north of Tarbert, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. It was built on the site of an earlier building, known as Barmore, and has been in use as a hotel since 1950. Stonefield Castle is situated 2 miles north of East Loch Tarbert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbert and Portavadie.
Tarbert
Photo: MSeses, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.
Portavadie
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portavadie is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. Portavadie is situated 3½ miles east of East Loch Tarbert.
Polphail
Locality
Polphail was a ghost village, located at Portavadie in Argyll & Bute, Scotland. Originally built in the 1970s, it was never occupied and was demolished in 2016. Polphail is situated 3½ miles east of East Loch Tarbert.
East Loch Tarbert
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86667° or 55° 52′ northLongitude
-5.4° or 5° 24′ westOpen location code
9C7PVH8X+MXGeoNames ID
2650390
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