Gartocharn
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Gartocharn Scottish Gaelic Gart a 'Chàirn |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 3 ′ N , 4 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 250 (1971 census) | ||
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| Post town | ALEXANDRIA | ||
| ZIP code section | G83 | ||
| prefix | 01389 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | West Dunbartonshire | ||
| British Parliament | West Dunbartonshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Dumbarton | ||
| Website: http://www.gartocharn.org | |||
Gartocharn (from Gaelic Gart a 'Chàirn ) is a village in the Scottish Unitary Authority West Dunbartonshire . It is located around twelve kilometers north of Dumbarton near the south bank of Loch Lomond at the south end of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park . In 1971 the village had 250 inhabitants.
traffic
The A811 runs directly through Gartocharn. It connects Balloch in the west with Stirling and connects the village to the trunk road network. There is no connection to the rail network.
Ross Priory
The Buchanan clan had ruled the lands since the 14th century . In 1695 he built one of his family mansions on the site of today's Ross Priory manor . This comes from a design by the architect James Gillespie Graham and was built between 1810 and 1816. In 1817 the writer Walter Scott spent some time in the mansion, where he also wrote most of his novel Rob Roy . The building has belonged to the University of Strathclyde since 1971 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on the community of Gartocharn
- ↑ Information from the Council of West Dunbartonshire ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
