Kirkton
Kirkton is a neighborhood in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Kirkton is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ichrachan, as well as near Otter Creek.Places of Interest
Highlights include Taynuilt railway station and Nelson Monument, Taynuilt.
Taynuilt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taynuilt railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taynuilt in western Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Falls of Cruachan and Connel Ferry, sited 58 miles 55 chains from Callander via Glen Ogle.
Bonawe Iron Furnace
Museum
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bonawe Iron Furnace was an industrial complex located in Bonawe, Lorn District, Scotland. It operated in the middle of the eighteenth century, with the aim of producing pig iron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taynuilt and Bonawe.
Taynuilt
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taynuilt is a village in Argyll and Bute in the Highlands of Scotland. It's on the south shore of Loch Etive, at a point where the loch is pinched, so for centuries it was a ferry crossing.
Bonawe
Hamlet
Bonawe is a village in Ardchattan Parish Argyll and Bute, Scotland opposite Taynuilt on the north shore of Loch Etive, most famous for the shipping firm J & A Gardener's Bonawe Quarry - now owned by Breedon Aggregates Scotland Ltd.
Kilchrenan
Hamlet
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Kilchrenan is a small village in the Argyll and Bute area of Scotland. Kilchrenan is located near to the end of the B845 road, about 1 mile inland from Loch Awe. Kilchrenan is situated 5 miles south of Kirkton.
Kirkton
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.42654° or 56° 25′ 36″ northLongitude
-5.23072° or 5° 13′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C8PCQG9+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 10015561502OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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