Gartmore
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Gartmore Scottish Gaelic An Gart Mór |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 9 ′ N , 4 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | STIRLING | ||
| ZIP code section | FK8 | ||
| prefix | 01877 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Stirling | ||
| British Parliament | Stirling | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Stirling | ||
Gartmore ( Scottish Gaelic An Gart Mór ) is a hamlet in the Scottish Council Area of Stirling . It is located around 30 kilometers west of Stirling and north of Glasgow on the edge of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park near the left bank of the Keltie Waters . It is located in the fertile Carse of Forth region .
history
To the east of Gartmore, Malcolm Macfarlane of Gartartan may have had Tower House Gartartan Castle built in the course of the 16th century . Some 200 years later, the residential tower was in favor of the mansion Gartmore House , which was until 1900 the seat of the Grahams, abandoned. The last resident was the politician Robert Cunninghame Graham .
Gartmore was built in the 18th century as a planned settlement by the Grahams, who also founded the neo-Gothic Gartmore Church . Between 1961 and 1991, Gartmore's population fell from 289 to 194.
traffic
Gartmore is connected to the road network via secondary roads which connect to the A8l (Glasgow - Callander ) which passes east . The A811 (Stirling- Balloch ) and the A821 are also accessible within a few kilometers . In 1882 Gartmore received a train station. However, passenger operations were discontinued in 1950 and the entire route was closed nine years later.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Information on railscot.co.uk
