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    Ardrishaig /ɑːrˈdrɪʃɪɡ/ (Scottish Gaelic: Àird Driseig) is a coastal village on Loch Gilp, at the southern (eastern) entrance to the Crinan Canal in Argyll...
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    Bute, west of Scotland. It opened in 1801 and connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with Crinan on the Sound of Jura, providing a navigable route...
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  • Retrieved 7 February 2021. "Port of Ayr". Retrieved 7 February 2021. "Ardrishaig". Retrieved 7 February 2021. "Buckie harbour". Retrieved 7 February 2021...
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    which have community councils as at 2023. Appin Ardchattan Ardentinny Ardrishaig Arrochar, Tarbet and Ardlui Avich and Kilchrenan Bute Cairndow Campbeltown...
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    missionary, active in New Guinea. James Chalmers was born in the village of Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland, the only son of an Aberdonian stonemason. The family...
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    other bus routes had been established around Inverness, Fort William and Ardrishaig. No routes actually connected these detached operations with each other...
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    on the banks of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead sits on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 km) to the south and Inveraray 24 miles (39 km) to the north-east;...
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    head of the loch then travels down the west coast of Loch Fyne, from Ardrishaig to Tarbert along the Knapdale coast. Leaving the A83 north of Cairndow...
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  • warehouse facility Glenfoyle Gargunnock Highland 1923, demolished Glengilp Ardrishaig Highland 1937, demolished 1996 Gleniffer Elderslie Lowland 1894, demolished...
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    the Creones tribe who lived in the area in 140 AD. The canal starts at Ardrishaig sea loch on Loch Gilp, and ends nine miles (fourteen kilometres) away...
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  • suspect was Marion's husband, William, who had been on a fishing holiday in Ardrishaig but was suspected of driving around 90 miles through the night, faking...
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    flagship from 1879 to 1935. She ran the first leg of "The Royal Route" to Ardrishaig for fifty eight summers. Columba was built by J & G Thomson of Clydebank...
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  • 1935, as Saint Columba, she took over the "Royal Route" from Glasgow to Ardrishaig until scrapped in 1958. TS Queen Alexandra was built in 1912 by William...
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    however, two years later he became the headmaster of the primary school at Ardrishaig, Argyll, which Smith went on to attend. From September 1952, Smith attended...
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    Inveraray and then on to Lochgilphead and Ardrishaig, where it crosses the entrance to the Crinan Canal. From Ardrishaig the road continues south to Tarbert...
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    inspired by the Crinan Canal, because Grahame spent some of his childhood in Ardrishaig. There is a proposal that the idea for the story arose when its author...
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  • September 2011. Davis, Michael C. (1991) The Castles & Mansions of Ayrshire. Ardrishaig : spendrift Press. Page 225 Dobie Memorial Plaque Beith Court Hill Beith...
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    figures over an extended period of time. Ardchattan and Muckairn Ardgour Ardrishaig Ardnamurchan Campbeltown Coll Colonsay and Oronsay Craignish Dunoon and...
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    Reservoir is of the impounding variety and is located 2 kilometres west of Ardrishaig, supplying the village with its water supply. The concrete dam is 9 metres...
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    MacBrayne's the following June. The MacBrayne service from Gourock to Ardrishaig ended on 30 September 1969, leaving the Clyde entirely to the CSP. On...
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    and Birdham, near Chichester HMS Seahawk, Coastal Forces training base, Ardrishaig, Argyll HMS Sembawang (Singapore Naval Base), was the Royal Navy's biggest...
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    Dunoon (going and returning the same day): Ardentinny, Chancellor, 11 A.M. Ardrishaig, Iona, 9.30 A.M. Arran, Hero, 10.30 A.M. Arrochar, Chancellor, 11 A.M...
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  • Scottish chess player. Dugald MacIsaac moved to Glasgow from his native Ardrishaig before World War I. He was active in correspondence chess circles in the...
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    August 1893, Parke visited William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans in Ardrishaig, Scotland. He died during that visit on 11 August 1893, presumably due...
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    was fitted with telegraphs and steam steering gear for service on the Ardrishaig route. She was re-boilered in 1875 and again in 1891, with Haystack type...
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    Scotch whisky distillery located on the banks of the Crinan Canal at Ardrishaig, Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland. It was built in 1831 by Henry...
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  • Western Isles and the Ardrishaig mail service in winter. She was not commissioned during World War II and maintained the Ardrishaig mail from Wemyss Bay...
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  • Argyll and Bute PA29 TARBERT Tarbert Argyll and Bute PA30 LOCHGILPHEAD Ardrishaig Argyll and Bute PA31 LOCHGILPHEAD Lochgilphead, Cairnbaan, Crinan, Kilmartin...
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    Lawrence. Davis, Michael (1991). The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire. Ardrishaig, Argyll : M.C. Davis, 1991. Dobie, J. S., ed. (1876). Cuninghame, topographized...
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  • Helensburgh Helensburgh No. 2 Reservoir - Helensburgh Kilduskland Reservoir - Ardrishaig Kirk Dam - Bute Knockruan Loch - Campbeltown Leorin Loch - Port Ellen...
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