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.Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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: architectural 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″ northLongitude
-5.22933° or 5° 13′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C8PCQPC+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 891532094OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata 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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Visitation and Playpark.
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