Loch Riddon

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Loch Riddon
Loch Ruel
Head of Loch Riddon

Head of Loch Riddon

Waters Kyles of Bute
Land mass Cowal
Geographical location 55 ° 56 '55 "  N , 5 ° 11' 40"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 56 '55 "  N , 5 ° 11' 40"  W.
Loch Riddon (Scotland)
Loch Riddon
width 1.3 km
length 6 km
Tributaries River Reul
Entering the Loch of the Kyles of Bute

Entering the Loch of the Kyles of Bute

Loch Riddon , also known as Loch Ruel , is an estuary in the Scottish Unitary Authority Argyll and Bute . Together with Loch Striven , it is one of the two lochs that cut into the Cowal Peninsula when coming from the south .

geography

Loch Striven is a side bay of the Kyles of Bute , which separates the Isle of Bute from Cowal. The entrance to the loch is near the island of Eilean Dubh and marks the northernmost point of the Kyles of Bute. From there, Loch Riddon extends for a length of six kilometers in a northerly direction. It has a maximum width of 1.3 km. It runs through the sparsely populated landscapes of Cowal, so that there are no large towns on its banks, but only a few small settlements. In its course, Loch Riddon receives numerous small streams from the surrounding hills. The Reul flows into the north .

colonization

Although the area around Loch Riddon is now sparsely populated, there is some evidence of settlement in earlier times. Over thirty stone platforms with diameters between six and nine meters were discovered on the slopes around the hole, which formed the foundations of former dwellings. On the basis of C-14 dating , use around the year 835 ± 60 years could be proven. Foundations remain near the south end of Loch Riddon, probably belonging to an early chapel of unknown age. On the only notable island in Loch Riddon, the approximately 100 m diameter Eilean Dearg , the foundation walls of an old castle have been preserved. This was destroyed in uprisings in 1685. In the course of an archaeological investigation of the area, fragments and objects were found that suggest a use since the 14th century. In this context, however, much older objects were discovered. These include a Bronze Age flint tool and possibly the remains of a fort at this location.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riddon, Loch (Loch Ruel). In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ Riddon, Loch. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 254 .
  3. ↑ Entry on Colintraive  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry on Fearnoch Chapel  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on Eilean Dearg  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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