Furnace (Argyll and Bute)
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Furnace Scottish Gaelic An Fhùirneis |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 9 ′ N , 5 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | INVERARAY | ||
| ZIP code section | PA32 | ||
| prefix | 01499 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Furnace ( Gaelic : An Fhùirneis ) is a small town in a sparsely populated region of the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is about eleven kilometers southwest of Inveraray on the north bank of the Loch Fyne inlet . Between 1961 and 1971 the population of Furnace tripled from 70 to 220. In 1991 there were already 300 inhabitants. Furnace is located directly on the A83 , which connects Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula with the Central Belt and is therefore well connected to the trunk road system. At Furnace, the Leacann Water flowing out of Loch Leacann flows into Loch Fyne.
history
Furnace developed around a steelworks, from which the name of the village, English Furnace means “(high / melting) furnace”, is derived. The hut, which operated between 1755 and 1812, was owned by the Duddon Furnace Company from the English region of Cumbria . The coastal location made it possible to transport iron ore and metallurgical products by water. The charcoal required was obtained from the forests in the area. The associated charcoal store was later included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest category A.
After the ironworks closed, granite was mined in Furnace from 1841. In a valley above the village there was a gunpowder factory for this purpose, which consisted of many spacious buildings.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ a b Furnace. Argyll and Bute. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ entry. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
- ↑ a b Furnace. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 3: (Edr - Har). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 63 .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
