Bonawe Iron Furnace

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.

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Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
Type: Museum
Description: industrial complex located in Bonawe, Lorn District, Scotland
Also known as: “Bonawe, Iron Furnace” and “Lorn Furnace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taynuilt railway station and Inverawe Power Station.

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. Taynuilt railway station is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Bonawe Iron Furnace.

Inverawe Power Station

Power station

Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inverawe Power Station is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Bonawe Iron Furnace.

Nelson Monument, Taynuilt

Monument

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nelson Monument, Taynuilt is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Bonawe Iron Furnace.

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 6 miles south of Bonawe Iron Furnace.

Bonawe Iron Furnace

Categories: built structure, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.43672° or 56° 26′ 12″ north

Longitude

-5.22933° or 5° 13′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C8PCQPC+M7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 891532094

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q1870352

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Bonawe Iron Furnace” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Bonawe Iron Furnace”
German: “Bonawe Iron Furnace”
German: “Bonawe Ironworks”
German: “Lorne Furnace”

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Highlights include Church of the Visitation and Playpark.

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