Shandon Motte
Shandon Motte is an archaeological site in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Shandon Motte is situated nearby to the building Shandon House, Shore Road, Shandon, as well as near Faslane Peace Camp.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMNB Clyde and Shandon House, Shore Road, Shandon.
HMNB Clyde
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. HMNB Clyde is situated 1 mile northwest of Shandon Motte.
Shandon House, Shore Road, Shandon
Building
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shandon House, Shore Road, Shandon is a building, which is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Shandon Motte.
Garelochhead railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. Garelochhead railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Shandon Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shandon and Rahane.
Shandon
Village
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shandon is a village on the open sea loch of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Shandon overlooks the Rosneath Peninsula to the west and is bordered by Glen Fruin to the east, which is the site of the Battle of Glen Fruin, one of the last clan…
Rahane
Hamlet
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rahane is a clachan in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of the Gare Loch in the Rosneath peninsula, 2.3 miles south of the larger settlement of Garelochhead and 11 miles northwest by road from the town of Helensburgh.
Garelochhead
Village
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garelochhead is a small town on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest town to the HMNB Clyde naval base. Garelochhead lies 7 miles northwest of Helensburgh. Loch Lomond is a few miles to the east, and Loch Long to the west. Garelochhead is situated 2 miles northwest of Shandon Motte.
Shandon Motte
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.05187° or 56° 3′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.79947° or 4° 47′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C8Q3622+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 13669318469OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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