Lochgair

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Lochgair
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Loch Geàrr
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Lochgair
Lochgair is located in Argyll and Bute
Lochgair
Lochgair
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNR923903
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOCHGILPHEAD
Postcode districtPA31
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°3′44″N 5°20′0″W / 56.06222°N 5.33333°W / 56.06222; -5.33333Coordinates: 56°3′44″N 5°20′0″W / 56.06222°N 5.33333°W / 56.06222; -5.33333

Lochgair (Scottish Gaelic: An Loch Geàrr) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village.

In fiction[]

Lochgair is one of the main the setting in Iain Banks's 1992 novel The Crow Road, which mixes real life locations in Argyll and the A83 road with fictional.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Crow Road" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.[permanent dead link]


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