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
Postcode district	PA23
Dialling code	01369
UK Parliament	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
	List of places UK Scotland 55.988661°N 5.0138990°W

Clachaig (Scottish Gaelic: Clachaig) is a small settlement in Glen Lean, on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of 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]

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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.

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