Tarbet (Argyll and Bute)
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Tarbet Scottish Gaelic Tairbeart Loch Laomainn |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 12 ′ N , 4 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 292 (1971 census) | ||
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| Post town | ARROCHAR | ||
| ZIP code section | G83 | ||
| prefix | 01301 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Dumbarton | ||
Tarbet ( Gaelic : Tairbeart Loch Laomainn ), not to be confused with Tarbert , is a town in the east of the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is located on the northwest shore of Loch Lomond about 21 kilometers north of Helensburgh and 23 kilometers east of Inveraray . In 1971 Tarbet had 292 inhabitants. The town is no longer listed separately in more recent census data.
Tarbet is at the east end of a valley that runs along the shortest route between Lake Loch Lomond and the inlet of Loch Long near Arrochar . In the past, ships were dragged overland through this approximately 2.5 km long valley to switch between the two bodies of water.
South of Tarbet is the Stuckgowan House, a monument from the highest Scottish monument category A. This is a country house built around 1820 in the Tudor Gothic style on the shores of Loch Lomond.
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The junction of the A83 from the A82 is in Tarbet . While the A82 coming from Glasgow continues north via Fort William to Inverness , the A83 runs west via Inveraray and Lochgilphead and connects the Kintyre peninsula to Campbeltown with the Central Belt . At the west end of Tarbet there is a train station which the village shares with neighboring Arrochar. This is served by all trains on the West Highland Line including the Caledonian Sleeper . There has been a jetty in Tarbet since the 19th century, where numerous ferries used to stop on Loch Lomond.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b entry. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ a b Tarbet. Argyll and Bute. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Tarbet. 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. 429 .
Web links
- Entry on Tarbet in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database