Maids of Bute

Places of Interest

Eilean Dubh

Island

Photo: Neil McDermott, CC BY-SA 3.0.

This particular Eilean Dubh is sometimes known as Glen Caladh Island and lies just off the Cowal peninsula in the Kyles of Bute. The island is around 0.3 kilometres at its longest length and rises to a height of 19 metres above sea level.

Eilean Dearg

Islet

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Eilean Dearg is a small island in Loch Ruel in Argyll, Scotland. The island was once home to a castle, which was destroyed by naval action in Argyll's Rising in 1685. Eilean Dearg is situated 1½ miles north of Maids of Bute.

Colintraive Hotel

Hotel

Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Colintraive Hotel is a hotel and pub in Colintraive, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was formerly a hunting lodge for John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute.

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Colintraive

Village

Photo: SeaDave, CC BY 2.0.

Colintraive is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Once the site where cattle were swum across the narrows to the Isle of Bute, the MV Loch Dunvegan — a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne — now provides a link to the island.

Tighnabruaich

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. Tighnabruaich is situated 2½ miles southwest of Maids of Bute.

Kames

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kames is a small village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the shore of the west arm of the Kyles of Bute. Kames is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Tighnabruaich. Kames is situated 3 miles southwest of Maids of Bute.

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