Holy hole
| Holy hole | ||
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 Firth of Clyde with the Holy Loch (about middle, above Dunoon) |
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| Waters | Firth of Clyde | |
| Land mass | Cowal | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 59 '13 " N , 4 ° 55' 59" W | |
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| width | about 1.6 km | |
| depth | Max. 5 km | |
Holy Loch ( Scottish Gaelic An Loch Sianta / Seunta ) is an arm of the sea and a branch of the Firth of Clyde in Argyll and Bute , Scotland .
Holy Loch opens at its east end to the Firth of Clyde, is a mile wide and - depending on the tide - two to three miles long. South of the inlet on the Cowal Peninsula is the town of Dunoon , from there the villages of Kirn, Hunter's Quay, Ardnadam and Sandbank follow along the south bank. The landscape at the end of the loch is uninhabited, while Kilmun and Strone follow on the north bank . Some of the places are connected to each other and to Gourock by ferries . Overland, the area is connected to Oban by a road .
During the Second World War , Dunoon or Holy Loch served as a submarine base for the Royal Navy and was used extensively for exercises and trials. In the Dunoon cemetery, the graves of the crew of the HMS Untamed boat, which sank in an accident and later lifted, are a reminder of this time. Between 1960 and 1992 the US Navy used Holy Loch as a location for nuclear submarines , against whose presence there were repeated demonstrations .
The name is traced back to the fact that St Munn is said to have landed here in the 6th century after he left Ireland .
Web links
- Holy Loch, Scotland Info ( February 9, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )