Barmore Island
Barmore Island is a peninsula in Scotland located on the east of Knapdale, in the council area of Argyll and Bute. It is 1 and a half miles north from Tarbert. The peninsula is attached to the main land by a narrow strip.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, extending into Loch Fyne
- Also known as: “Barmore Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stonefield Castle and Tarbert Castle.
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.
Tarbert Castle
Castle
Photo: Rtomandl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 4 miles east of Barmore Island.
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 4½ miles east of Barmore Island.
Barmore Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Barmore Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barmore Island”
- Swedish: “Barmore Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stonefield and West Tarbert.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barr Hill and Garadh Liath.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Barmore Island”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.