Arrochar (/ ˈ ær ə x ər / ARR-ə-khər; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Àrchar or An Tairbeart Iar) is a village located near the head of Loch Long, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands.The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it is overlooked by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, and in …

Description. Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.Its border runs through Loch Lomond.. The present council area was created in 1996, when it was carved out of the Strathclyde region, which was a two-tier local government …

The Arrochar Alps are a group of mountains located around the head of Loch Long, Loch Fyne, and Loch Goil, near the villages of Arrochar and Lochgoilhead, on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The mountains are especially popular with hillwalkers, due to their proximity and accessibility from Glasgow.They are largely within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs …

Clan MacFarlane (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Phàrlain [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈfaːrˠl̪ˠɛn]) is a Highland Scottish clan.Descended from the medieval Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Vorlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh.

Argyll (/ ɑːr ˈ ɡ aɪ l /; archaically Argyle, Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic, pronounced [ˈaːrˠəɣɛː.əl̪ˠ]), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata on Great Britain.Argyll was also a medieval bishopric with its ...

Origins. The telephone service in the United Kingdom was originally provided by private companies and local councils. But by 1912–13 all except the telephone service of Kingston upon Hull and Guernsey had been bought out by the Post Office.The Post Office also operated telephone services in Jersey until 1923 and the Isle of Man until 1969 when the islands took …

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The Battle of Bannockburn (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Allt nam Bànag or Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich) fought on June 23–24, 1314, was a victory of the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence.It was a major turning point in the war, which only officially ended 14 years later with the de jure restoration of …

The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a’ Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. [failed verification] Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands.

Ardlui, Argyll and Bute, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Arrochar , Argyll and Bute , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Auchtubh , Stirling , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park