Clachaig

Clachaig
Scottish Gaelic: *Clachaig*
Clachaig Scottish Gaelic: Clachaig;
	; Clachaig Village
	Clachaig Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NS 12100 81400
Council area	Argyll and Bute;
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode district	PA23
Dialling code	01369
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°59′19″N 5°00′50″W / 55.988661°N 5.0138990°WCoordinates: 55°59′19″N 5°00′50″W / 55.988661°N 5.0138990°W

Clachaig; (Scottish Gaelic: Clachaig) is a small settlement, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.^[1]^[2] It is located on the B836 road between the Holy Loch and Loch Striven, the hamlet is just over a mile long.^[3] Clachaig is a Gaelic word meaning 'stone place'.^[4]

The Hamlet consists of twenty-two houses and was built for accommodation for the workers of the powder mill. The mill manufactured gunpowder.^[5]

The river at the bottom of the glen is the Blackcraig Burn that joins the Little Eachaig River, then joining the River Eachaig and flowing into the Holy Loch.

Gallery

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 63 Firth of Clyde (Greenock & Rothesay) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229699.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "B836 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki". Sabre-roads.org.uk. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ Gaelic place names of Scotland
^ "Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works". ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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