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  Argyllshire - LoveToKnow 1911
The lovely Western Isles provide endless enjoyment for the yachtsman; the lochs and rivers abound with salmon and trout; the deer forests and grouse moors are second to none in Scotland.
On the mainland, on the north side of the compound synclinal folding of Loch Awe, the Ardrishaig phyllites reappear at Craignish near Kilmartin, and the quartzites of this group are supposed to come to the surface again in Glencoe, not far from the outcrop of the Schiehallion quartzite.
Among the various clans in Argyll, the Campbells of Loch Awe, a branch of the clan McArthur, now began to come to the fore, though the mainland was still chiefly in the possession of the 1VIacDougals.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Argyllshire   (2773 words)

  
 Loch Etive Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Loch Etive meets the Firth of Lorn and the open sea at Connel.
Loch Etive Cruises operate from Easter to October from the pier at the end of the minor road that runs through Taynuilt and past the Bonawe Iron Furnace.
The north end of Loch Etive is dominated by the view up Glen Etive to the twin mountains of Buachaille Etive Mor and, to its west, Buachaille Etive Beag.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /taynuilt/lochetive   (869 words)

  
 Loch Etive Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Loch Etive is an excellent example of a long-used through route that is now largely invisible simply because for most of its length it has no road.
Beyond Glen Kinglass this eastern side of the loch is dominated by Ben Starav, reaching a height of 1078m.
Overshadowing the west side of upper Loch Etive, this is a "mere" 839m in height.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /taynuilt/lochetive/index.html   (869 words)

  
 Loch Awe at AllExperts
Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Obha) is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
The loch runs approximately south-west to north-east, roughly parallel to the two sea lochs of Loch Etive and Loch Fyne.
Loch Awe contains several ruined castles on islands, and at the northern end has one of the most photographed castles in scotland, Kilchurn Castle, which in summer may be visited by a short boat trip.
en.allexperts.com /e/l/lo/loch_awe.htm   (508 words)

  
 Loch Etive
Carved out of the former volcanic landscape by glaciers during the Ice Age, Loch Etive extends southwest from Europe’s only seawater falls (the Falls of Lora) at Connel Bridge (a small version of the famed Forth Bridge) deep into the Highlands two-thirds of the way to Glen Coe.
The "Anne of Etive" operates from its pier just north of Bonawe Furnace outside of the village of Taynuilt at the western end of the Pass of Brander.
NOTE: Loch Etive Cruises is something of a shoestring operation, and probably more enjoyable because of it.
www.homeatfirst.com /loch.htm   (586 words)

  
 Glen Etive Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
The Glen Etive road meanders for some 14 miles to the head of Loch Etive, where it ends in a turning circle near a ruined pier.
Glen Etive is a magnet for climbers and hillwalkers, who come here especially to climb the mountains around Ben Starav to the south east and the Glen Coe mountains to the north and west.
Here, near the large house at Dalness, is a junction with two of the great mountain passes of the highlands, the Lairig Eilde and the Lairig Gartain, both extending north to Glen Coe and providing the punctuation for the Buachailles, dividing them from one another and from Bidean nam Bian.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /glenetive/glenetive/index.html   (616 words)

  
 Manchester University Sub-Aqua Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This is the loch you cross on the Connel Bridge.
At the sea end of the loch, just under the bridge, is a shallow lip known as the Falls of Lora (a few metres at most) which the tide races over.
It is known for people to dive it (as a drift dive) but boat cover, as well as experience, is necessary as the depths on either side of the Falls is around 40m.
www.compsoc.man.ac.uk /~musac/directory/sites/uk.wscot.oban.etive.htm   (165 words)

  
 Loch Etive Touring Guide
Glen Etive probably needs no introduction, but on the off chance that you are the only British paddler who has never paddled or seen photographs of the River Etive, a description follows.
Loch Etive sometimes provides sheltered paddling when the outside seas are raging, but the mountains are also capable of funnelling and focusing the winds to generate truly evil conditions on the water!
The sizeable remains of the afore-mentioned Bonawe Iron Furnaces are close to the Loch and preserved as a museum.
www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk /short_trip_reports/loch_etive.htm   (1679 words)

  
 Loch Etive Photo | TrekNature
The loch cuts in from the coast into the heart of the mountains leaving some very steep slopes in and out of the loch area and some huge rocky ravines when in the winter months significant volumes of water race off the mountains.
Loch Etive (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Eite) is a 30 km sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
The name Etive is believed to mean little ugly one from the Gaelic Goddess associated with the loch...
www.treknature.com /gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo96008.htm   (1148 words)

  
 Glen Etive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The River Etive rises on the peaks surrounding Rannoch Moor, with several tributary streams coming together at the Kingshouse, an old inn on the A82 road at the head of Glen Coe.
From the Kingshouse the Etive flows for about 18 km, reaching the sea at the sea loch of Loch Etive.
At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the shepherds of Etive: Buachaille Etive Mor and Buachaille Etive Beag.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glen_Etive   (201 words)

  
 Scotland Travel Guide - Best Places to Visit in Scotland - the Highlands
Skye, the largest island of the Inner Hebrides (closest to the mainland), possesses a rugged beauty that is enhanced by its isolation from the mainland.
Loch Ness is the most famous attraction in the vicinity of Inverness and it is one of those touristy things we all do when on vacation -then wonder why we did later in the trip.
"Loch Ness 2000" (formerly the "Official Loch Ness Monster Exhibition Center") in Drumnadrochit, is a fun exhibition covering "Nessie" and the sightings of the beast through the ages.
www.thereareplaces.com /guidebook/pdest/ukschgh.htm   (1356 words)

  
 Ship Modelers Association - Feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
One of Conrad’s most popular books among seamen was "Mirror of the Seas." He refers to the Loch Etive is this book as follows: "The ship was one of those iron wool clippers that the Clyde had floated out in swarms upon the world during the seventh decade of the last century.
The Loch Etive had her after-yards and main skysail removed as an economy move in 1904.
In 1911 the old Loch liner was sold to the French for the paltry sum of 1,350 pounds sterling, and by 1914 she had disappeared from the register.
www.ship-modelers-assn.org /fam9703.htm   (1004 words)

  
 Wim van Velzen photography: landscape, Scotland, Glen Etive
The road through Glen Etive leads to nowhere - as long as parking at Kinlochetive is in your eyes nowhere.
Glen Etive is a perfect example of a glen shaped by glaciers during the glacial ages more than 10,000 years ago.
Loch Etive is open to the Atlantic ocean, although it is still another 20 miles to open sea.
www.fotografiewimvanvelzen.nl /landscape-etive.htm   (382 words)

  
 Glencoe & Loch Leven
It may be a shiver of anticipation if you are here to climb or a shiver of sorrow if you recall the treacherous massacre with which Glencoe is forever associated.
If you wish to explore this area, then an interesting diversion can be made down Glen Etive through the scattered settlement of Dalness to Loch Etive.
Meanwhile, if you travel east to the head of Loch Leven, where the famous West Highland Way winds through the village of Kinlochleven, you will discover that the Kinlochleven Visitor Centre tells another tale of the area's surprising industrial heritage in 'The Aluminium Story'.
www.visitscotland.com /library/glencoe   (492 words)

  
 Loch Tulla and Loch Etive - Canon Digital Photography Forums
Loch Tulla, was trying my new tripod out low to the ground.
You have much better weather than I did when I visited Loch Etive, and it looks like your new tripod is just the job in the second one which is nicely composed from the low angle, and nicely exposed too.
Very nice indeed graham been to that very spot in glen etive quite a few times now,one of my favourite walking locations i was just up the road from you at the weekend on one of the moutains in the background of your etive shot
photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=172779   (893 words)

  
 Facilities and Activities - scotland vacation rental, holiday cottage scotland, holiday accommodation scotland
Many of the rides are way marked routes on Forestry Commission land such as the Two Loch Trail that takes you along the shores of Loch Awe and Loch Avich and into the heart of Inverinan Forest.
Being the longest fresh water loch in Britain Loch Awe is 26miles long with over 60 miles of shore line there are endless options for the water enthusiast.
Loch Awe is unique in being totally undeveloped with much of the area only accessible by boat or foot.
www.loch-awe.co.uk /facilities.html   (874 words)

  
 Loch Etive
Loch Etive is one of the most unique sea lochs in the UK.
The bottom end of the loch is easily accessible from the A85 and the B845.
Unless you have a boat, which is by far the easiest way to fish the loch, you'll have to walk to gain access to the northern end of the loch.
www.fishing-argyll.co.uk /sea/loch_etive.htm   (495 words)

  
 Waitrose.com recipes - Salad of Loch Etive Trout, Fennel and Green Beans - Recipe Search
Salad of Loch Etive Trout, Fennel and Green Beans
Trout farmed in the saltwater environment of the huge, tidal Loch Etive on the west coast of Scotland grow faster and larger than their freshwater counterparts.
With their silvery skins and pink flesh, they look rather like salmon, but their flesh is leaner and more finely textured.
www.waitrose.com /rec/0303014-r01.asp   (283 words)

  
 Loch Etive, Scotland
The A85 runs along the south bank of Loch Etive.
The northern tip of the lake, only accessible from the road by boat, marks the start of the remote Glen Etive, where the magnificent golden eagle whose wing span can reach 8ft/2.5m may sometimes be seen.
The narrow road through the valley joins the A82 near Kingshouse with Glencoe to the left.
www.planetware.com /oban/loch-etive-sco-stra-etive.htm   (87 words)

  
 1 Day Oban & West Highland Lochs & Castles Adventure Trip - BootsnAll World Adventures
Situated on the edge of Loch Awe, its walls and defensive turrets have guarded the approach to the loch for over 500 years.
LOCH FYNE is famous for its oysters and salmon, but in the past these sea-lochs made this area vulnerable to Viking raids, and the stories of blood-eagling are too horrible to but down in print!
Our next stop is LOCH LOMOND, made famous by the tragic song, and we’ll join the loch midway as we head south along its western side.
www.bootsnall.com /adventures/trips-2653/1-day-oban-west-highland-lochs-castles.html   (742 words)

  
 UK-Fishing-BBS - Loch etive
Hi guys im gonnae spend the weekend at loch etive with the boat never fished here with the boat any special rigs i should use much appreaciated.
both chris and i have hooked into something very big in etive in the past only to be snapped off or in chrises case a hook straightened.
I have used whiting and pouting at Etive just bottom hook through the tail and top come out through the top of the mouth I,ll swear the lead had hardly touched bottom and a spur had taken it always take a few lug to etive you never know your luck
www.uk-fishing-bbs.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=926   (733 words)

  
 Taynuilt
At the foot of Ben Cruachan, (one of Scotland's Munros) by the shores of beautiful Loch Etive, the picturesque Highland village of Taynuilt has around 900 inhabitants and is 12 miles from Oban, ferry port and gateway to the Western Isles.
The village is a haven of tranquillity in the Lorn area of Argyll and lies between Loch Awe, with its magnificent fishing and Loch Etive where you can view the local wildlife, including seals, on a summer cruise up the water aboard Donald Kennedy's MV 'Anne of Etive' (Loch Etive Cruises).
Beautiful Loch Etive from Balindeor, Taynuilt with Beinn Duirinish, Beinn Starav and Beinn nan Aighenan in the background.
www.taynuiltgaelicchoir.co.uk /taynuilt.htm   (285 words)

  
 lochaber
Someone was lost in the hills and the Glen Coe Mountain rescue team together with teams from the RAF were combing the length of the ridge of Buachaille Etive Mor.
Starav is a bit of a slog to be honest, with its feet lapping in the waters of Loch Etive and its summit at 1078m and the humidity of the day I chose to climb it was not helpful.
By the time I reached the summit ridge the cool breeze I was expecting had not materialised and I lingered on the summit taking in the views south to Cruachan, east to the Crainlarich hills, north to Glen Coe, the Mamores and Ben Nevis and west to the Hebrides.
www.btinternet.com /~ronald.h.miller/Web/lochaber.htm   (914 words)

  
 MCofS; Report on ATV Track above Loch Etive - issues arising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Given that Ard Trilleachan at Loch Etive is part SSSI and all NSA, and of 'wild land' quality, a presumption against disturbance (particularly disturbance by motor vehicles) might be expected.
At the same time as the Loch Etive track was being gouged out by FE, NTS were embarking upon the removal of bulldozed tracks on their Mar Lodge Estate, with SNH assistance.
I asked to be assured that procedures are in place to prevent a repetition of the Loch Etive problem elsewhere (but see the note on Corrie of Fee above).
www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk /access/etive3.html   (1770 words)

  
 A holiday cottage on the shores of Loch Etive
The situation is idyllic - on the shores of Loch Etive, which is described as the most beautiful sea loch on the west coast of Scotland.
You can take an amazing boat trip down Loch Etive and admire the scenery and look for seals and other wildlife - if you are lucky you may spot a golden eagle soaring in the hills above.
Taynuilt is a very attractive village where you can explore the historic ironworks, play golf, visit some of the gorgeous Argyll gardens in the area, fish for salmon, or explore the natural beauty of the area on foot or bicycle.
www.cottageguide.co.uk /rosecottagebonawe   (223 words)

  
 loch visions - location of wildlife photography images, courses and experiences and contact details
However, it is the more 'easy to see' wildlife that I love about this region, the acrobatic Swallows, the charming Dipper, the cute Bank Voles and intimate Golden Eye Ducks to name just a few.
The scenery in the region is world class and where Loch Visions is based has some of the best.
When you pass a white metal fence on the left hand side just before leaving the village, turn left, we are the first house on the left down that lane.
www.lochvisions.co.uk /home_contact.htm   (429 words)

  
 B&B accommodation in Oban, Loch Lomond, Helensburgh & Arran - Scotland's Best B&Bs
From Oban the road winds south through Lochgilphead, along Loch Fyne and then down to Campbeltown, almost at the tip of the Kintyre peninsula.
Near the head of Loch Fyne is the imposing Inveraray Castle, not far past Crarae Gardens famous for its rhododendrons and azaleas.
A few miles from Loch Lomond on the north side of the Clyde estuary with lovely views is Helensburgh, birthplace of John Logie Baird, inventor of television.
www.b-and-b-scotland.co.uk /argyll.htm   (506 words)

  
 B&B accommodation in Oban, Loch Lomond, Helensburgh & Arran - Scotland's Best B&Bs
From Oban the road winds south through Lochgilphead, along Loch Fyne and then down to Campbeltown, almost at the tip of the Kintyre peninsula.
Near the head of Loch Fyne is the imposing Inveraray Castle, not far past Crarae Gardens famous for its rhododendrons and azaleas.
A few miles from Loch Lomond on the north side of the Clyde estuary with lovely views is Helensburgh, birthplace of John Logie Baird, inventor of television.
www.scotlandsbestbandbs.co.uk /argyll.htm   (506 words)

  
 Holly cottage, by Loch Etive, Oban, Argyll, Scotland
Holly cottage, by Loch Etive, Oban, Argyll, Scotland
Taynuilt is a very attractive village and you can explore the historic ironworks, play golf, visit some of the gorgeous Argyll gardens in the area, fish for salmon, or explore the natural beauty of the area on foot or bicycle.
Outside of school holiday time we offer the cottage either as a 2 or 4 person accommodation and the 2 person rates are discounted.
www.scotland-holiday-cottage.com /argyll/argyll-12.htm   (497 words)

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