Dunbeg
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Dunbeg Scottish Gaelic An Dùn Beag |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 27 ′ N , 5 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 730 (2001 census) | ||
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| Post town | OBAN | ||
| ZIP code section | PA37 | ||
| prefix | 01631 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Dunbeg ( Gaelic : An Dùn Beag ) is a small village in the northwest of the Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is located on the south bank of the Loch Linnhe inlet near the junction of Loch Etive about four kilometers northeast of Oban and 46 kilometers southwest of Fort William .
history
Dunstaffnage Castle, a castle of the MacDougall clan, has been located near Dunbeg since the 13th century . Robert the Bruce conquered the walls at the beginning of the 14th century and from then on it remained in the possession of the Scottish kings. The building, preserved today as a ruin, is classified in the highest Scottish monument category A. With the associated church building Dunstaffnage Chapel, there is a second category A building in Dunbeg. The village then developed from the 1950s with the settlement of the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory . In 2001 there were 730 inhabitants in Dunbeg.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Dunstaffnage Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
