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OS grid reference
  
NS 12100 81400

Lieutenancy area
  
Argyll and Bute

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Monday 9:37 AM

Council area
  
Argyll and Bute

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
DUNOON, ARGYLL

Clachaig

Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 83% Humidity

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

Map of Clachaig, Dunoon, UK

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

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.

References

Clachaig Wikipedia