Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It opened in 1801 and connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with Crinan on the Sound of Jura, providing a navigable route between the Firth of Clyde and the Inner Hebrides, without the need for a long diversion around the Kintyre Peninsula, and in particular the exposed Mull of Kintyre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunadd and Daill Loch.
Dunadd
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Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata. Dunadd is situated 2 miles northeast of Crinan Canal.
Daill Loch
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Daill Loch is an impounding reservoir located 5 kilometres west north west of Lochgilphead and 1.5 kilometres south of the Crinan Canal. It is one of a number of lochs supplying water to the canal. The earthen dam is 8.1 metres high and was completed in 1930.
Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks
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Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks is situated 2 miles east of Crinan Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairnbaan and Lochgilphead.
Cairnbaan
Village
Cairnbaan is a village situated on the Crinan Canal, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. Cairnbaan is about halfway between Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp at the canal's eastern end and Crinan on the Sound of Jura to the west.
Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240.
Achnamara
Village
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Achnamara is a village in the Scottish council area of Argyll and Bute. Its location is approximately 56°1' N 5°34' W. Achnamara means 'field by the sea'. Achnamara is situated 3½ miles southwest of Crinan Canal.
Crinan Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Crinan Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crinan Canal”
- Dutch: “Crinan Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة كرينان”
- French: “canal de Crinan”
- French: “Canal de Crinan”
- Galician: “Canle de Crinan”
- German: “Crinan Canal”
- German: “Crinan Kanal”
- Hebrew: “תעלת קרינן”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh‘-uisge a Chrìonain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh’-uisge a’ Chrìonain”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crinan”
- Spanish: “Canal de Crinan”
- Swedish: “Crinan Canal”
- Ukrainian: “Кринанський канал”
- Ukrainian: “Крінанський канал”
- Welsh: “Camlas Crinan”
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