Cardross (Scotland)

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Cardross
Scottish Gaelic Càrdainn Ros
Cardross Parish Church
Cardross Parish Church
Coordinates 55 ° 58 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 58 ′  N , 4 ° 39 ′  W
Cardross (Scotland)
Cardross
Cardross
Residents 2193 2011 census
administration
Post town DUMBARTON
ZIP code section G82
prefix 01389
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Argyll and Bute
British Parliament Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament Dumbarton

Cardross ( Gaelic : Càrdainn Ros ) is a town in the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It lies on the banks of the Firth of Clyde about six kilometers northwest of Dumbarton and southeast of Helensburgh . Cardross is the capital of the parish of the same name . In the 2011 census, Cardross had 2,193 inhabitants.

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Cardross is located on the A814 , which runs from Dumbarton via Helensburgh along the Firth of Clyde coast to the north of the Cowal Peninsula , connecting the A82 with the A83 . Cardross was already connected to the railway network in the 19th century. Today Cardross station is served by the North Clyde Line of First ScotRail between Helensburgh and Edinburgh via Glasgow.

Attractions

In Cardross there are three monuments from the highest Scottish monument category A. The former Catholic seminary St Peter's College is located in a small wooded area on the northern outskirts. It is one of the most important buildings of brutalism in Scotland and, despite its construction in 1966, is only preserved today as a ruin. Also north of the village is the Catholic St Mahew's Chapel . It is believed that church buildings have stood on this site since the 6th century. The church preserved today dates from the 15th century. On the grounds of Kreditith House, about three kilometers northwest of the village, there is the Kreditith Dovecot , a listed pigeon tower from 1790.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  2. ↑ Cardross. Argyll and Bute. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ 2011 census
  4. ↑ Cardross. 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, pp. 235-236 .
  5. ↑ Entry on St Peter's College  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ Entry on St Mahew's Chapel  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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