Bogany Point

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Point of Bogany Point looking towards Toward Point
View over Rothesay Bay to Bogany Point (left in the picture)

Bogany Point is a cape in the east of the island of Bute and thus administratively belongs to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . The houses of Craigmore, a suburb of Rothesay , the capital of the island, stretch along the headland . Together with Cape Toward Point on the opposite Cowal peninsula , Bogany Point marks the eastern end of the Kyles of Bute strait at its confluence with the Firth of Clyde . Together with Cape Ardbeg Point to the north, Bogany Point delimits Rothesay Bay .

The area around Bogany Point developed in the Victorian Age when the island was exposed to an increasing flow of tourists, which triggered the construction of hotels and housing. The Tor House, now a listed building, was one of these . Due to the sea panorama on the rising flanks of the headland, there was one of the main expansion areas. Towards the end of the 18th century, when an imminent attack by the French army was suspected, cannon positions were built at Bogany Point to repel enemy ships. In 1831 a healing spring was discovered at Bogany Point, the water of which is said to alleviate skin, glandular and rheumatic problems. In the later 19th century the cape was chosen as the location for the new Rothesay jetty, which was finally completed in 1877.

As a result of the heavy shipping traffic in the Firth of Clyde and the Kyles of Bute, numerous ship accidents have been recorded around Bogany Point in the past centuries. The steamship Louise , built in 1870, sank at Bogany Point on February 3, 1893. She was on her way from Rothesay to Falkirk with a load of tar . Two people of the three-person crew were killed.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bogany Point. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ Entry on Artillery Battery  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Bogany. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 170 .
  4. ↑ Entry on Steamer Pier  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on Louise  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 38 "  N , 5 ° 1 ′ 33"  W.