Dalmally
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 24 ′ N , 4 ° 58 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 400 (1991 census) | ||
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| Post town | DALMALLY | ||
| ZIP code section | PA33 | ||
| prefix | 01838 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Dalmally is a small town in the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is located in the northeast of the sparsely populated region about 31 kilometers east of Oban and 48 kilometers south of Fort William on the banks of the Orchy . The Orchy flows into Loch Awe about two kilometers to the west . In 1991 Dalmally had 400 inhabitants.
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The village is located directly on the A85 that connects Oban with Perth . As early as the 18th century, a crossing of the Orchy was created there with the Dalmally Bridge . The bridge is now classified in the Scottish monument lists in category B. Dalmally has had its own train station since the 19th century. This is now served by the West Highland Line between Glasgow and Oban.
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In the area around Dalmally there are two monuments from the highest Scottish monument category A. The Glenorchy Parish Church is located directly within the village on a small island in the Orchy. At the site of the neo-Gothic church building completed in 1811, a church had been located at the latest since the 14th century. Kilchurn Castle , west at the head of Loch Awe, was once a castle of the Campbell clan . It was abandoned after a lightning strike in 1760. To the southwest of the village, on the old military road to Inveraray, is the Dùn Athaich Monument , which is a reminder of the Scottish-Gaelic poet and bard Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724-1812) from Glenorchy .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b entry. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
- ↑ a b Dalmally. Argyll and Bute. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Dalmally. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 2: (Cor - Edn). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p. 338 .
- ↑ Loch Awe Community: Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724-1812) , accessed August 28, 2020
Web links
- Entry on Dalmally in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database