Glenbranter
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Glenbranter Location within Argyll and Bute | |
OS grid reference | NS 11045 97773 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNOON, ARGYLL |
Postcode district | PA23 |
Dialling code | 01369 |
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Glenbranter; is a hamlet on the northwest shore of Loch Eck in the Argyll Forest Park, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute in the West of Scotland.[1]
Sir Harry Lauder[]
Sir Harry Lauder owned a house at Glenbranter, demolished in the 1960s. There is a memorial to his son , of the 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, in Glenbranter who died 26 December 1916, during the First World War.[2]
Gallery[]
Glenbranter Bridge
Loch Eck, Benmore-Glenbranter Forestry Road
Glenbranter Cottages
Old Bridge at Glenshellish Farm, Glenbranter, Cowal
References[]
- ^ "Leave the world behind at Glenbranter". Scotland Forestry Commission.
- ^ "Captain John Lauder". Scotland's War.
External links[]
- Map sources for Glenbranter
- Argyll Forest Park, Glenbranter
- BBC World War I at Home
- Captain John Lauder, University of Edinburgh
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Categories:
- Villages in Cowal
- Highlands and Islands of Scotland
- World War II prisoner of war camps in Scotland
- Argyll and Bute geography stubs