Glen Nant National Nature Reserve

Glen Nant National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Glen Nant National Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Otter Creek, as well as near Kirkton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taynuilt railway station and Bonawe Iron Furnace.

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.

Nelson Monument, Taynuilt

Monument

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Glen Nant National Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Glen Nant NNR” and “Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Gleann Neannta”
Category: recreation area
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.4076° or 56° 24′ 28″ north

Longitude

-5.2337° or 5° 14′ 1″ west

Operator

Forest Land Scotland

Open location code

9C8PCQ58+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 894385470

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Otter Creek and Kirkton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dun Mhuirageul, dun site and Muckairn Parish Churchyard.

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