Benderloch
Benderloch
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 St Modan's Church, Benderloch, October 2014 | |
  Benderloch Location withinArgyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NM903388 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OBAN |
| Postcode district | PA37 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Benderloch(Scottish Gaelic:Meadarloch,pronounced[ˈmet̪əɾl̪ˠɔx]) is a village inArgyll and Bute,Scotland. The name is derived fromBeinn eadar dà loch,meaning "mountain between two lochs".[1]
Benderloch lies on theA828 road[2]in the coastal parish ofArdchattan,Argyll, Scotland. It grew up as the railway line fromBallachulishto Connel was completed in the early part of the 1900s, between the older locations of Selma and Craigneuk. It is marked on 1900s Ordnance Survey maps as New Selma.[3] Itsrailway stationclosed in 1966. Benderloch has a village shop (the renowned "Pink Shop" ), garage, caravan and leisure store, cafe and a forest walk up to a viewpoint on the summit of Beinn Lora. Benderloch forms part of the Lynn of LornNational Scenic Area,one of forty in Scotland.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Iain Mac an Tàilleir (2003)."Placenames"(PDF).Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived fromthe original(pdf)on 23 September 2011.Retrieved23 July2010.
- ^OS Explorer Map 376 "Oban & North Lorn" published 29 January 2007ISBN978-0-319-23898-1
- ^"Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland".maps.nls.uk.
- ^"National Scenic Areas"Archived2017-03-11 at theWayback Machine.SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
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