Portachoillan

Portachoillan is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Portachoillan is situated nearby to the hamlet Ardpatrick, as well as near the locality the Battery.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dun Skeig and Balinakill House.

Dun Skeig

Photo: douglas r small, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dun Skeig is an oval Iron Age dun complex which is perched atop a rocky outcropping about 130 metres above sea level overlooking West Loch Tarbert in Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, about 1 kilometre northwest of the village of Clachan.

Balinakill House

Guest house

Balinakill House is a Victorian manor house to the east of the village of Clachan, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The house was built by Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet of Strathaird and Loup, founder of the British India Steam Navigation Company, who purchased the estates of Balinakill and Loup in 1867.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardpatrick and Clachan.

Ardpatrick

Hamlet

Photo: Lambert, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardpatrick is a village at the southwestern extremity of the Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland. The village is built along the north western shore of West Loch Tarbert.

Clachan

Village

Clachan is a small village in North Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Clachan is the site of an old church, which was the principal church for the North Kintyre area.

Whitehouse

Hamlet

Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitehouse is a hamlet on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located around 5.5 miles southwest of Tarbert and around 25 miles north of Campbeltown. Whitehouse is situated 4 miles northeast of Portachoillan.

Portachoillan

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.76276° or 55° 45′ 46″ north

Longitude

-5.57378° or 5° 34′ 26″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9C7PQC7G+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10891744789

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

7117123

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dun Skeig, dun and Dun Skeig.

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