Glen Finart

Glen Finart
Gleann Fhionnaird (Scottish Gaelic)
Glen
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56°03′36″N 4°55′30″W / 56.060°N 4.925°W / 56.060; -4.925
Grid positionNS1732090102
LocationCowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Native nameGleann Fhionnaird (Scottish Gaelic)

Glen Finart (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fhionnaird) is a glacially formed glen on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. The glen is within the Argyll Forest Park, which is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.[1][2]

Glen Finart runs northwest, from Finart Bay and Ardentinny on the west shore of Loch Long, following the Finart Burn.[3]

Glenfinart House, of the Glen Finart Estate a Grade B listed house, was destroyed by a fire in the 1960s; the only remaining part of the house is the tower.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "BBC - Domesday Reloaded: Ardentinny & Glen Finart". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Secret Scotland - Glenfinart House". Secretscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Glen Finart, Glenfinart House | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.

External links

  • Map sources for Glen Finart
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glen Finart.
  • / Map of Argyll Forest Park
  • Glen Finart on Gaelic place names of Scotland database
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