Ardpeaton - Izeria

Ardpeaton is a settlement on the Rosneath Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. On the east shore of Loch Long. The population is under 1000.

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Rosneath Peninsula

Rosneath Peninsula is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, formerly in the historic county of Dunbartonshire. The peninsula is formed by the Gare Loch in the east, and Loch Long in the west, both merge with the upper Firth of Clyde.

Loch Long

Loch Long is a body of water in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The sea loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end, to the Arrochar Alps at the head of the loch. It measures approximately 20 miles (30 kilometres) in length, with a width of between one and two miles (two and three kilometres). The loch also has an arm, Loch Goil, on its western side. Loch Long forms part of the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, and forms the entire western coastline of the Rosneath Peninsula. Loch Long was historically the boundary between Argyll and Dunbartonshire; however, boundary redrawing in 1996 meant that it moved wholly within the council area of Argyll and Bute.

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Coulport (village)

Coulport (Scottish Gaelic: An Cùl Phort - literally the Back Port or Ferry) is a village on the east side of Loch Long and the west side of the Rosneath Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-north-west of Cove. It marks the end of the B833 shore road, although the village can also be reached by a high-quality but unclassified access road (primarily designed for naval traffic) directly from Garelochhead. The village looks across to the small settlement of Ardentinny on the west shore to which, in the 18th/19th century, there was a ferry. John Kibble, the son of a Glasgow metal merchant, was one of several wealthy Glasgow merchants who had large villas built at Coulport in the nineteenth century either as permanent residences or summer retreats. Several still survive, some now flatted, others in a dilapidated condition. Kibble's Coulport House was the original location of the giant conservatory known as the Kibble Palace (now in Glasgow's Botanic Garden). Since the 1960s Coulport has been most associated with the Trident missile storage and the nearby Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD Coulport) situated there as part of HMNB Clyde.

Knockderry Castle

Knockderry Castle, is a house on the Shore Road in Cove on the Rosneath Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. Designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson in the 1850s. Baronial additions by William Leiper were added in 1897. It is category A listed with Historic Environment Scotland. The house was built for James Templeton, a manufacturer of textiles. When alterations and expansion started in 1896, the property was owned by John Templeton, a manufacturer of carpets. Knockderry Castle was offered for sale in summer 2022 following a 22-year-long legal battle that started with business debts allegedly not paid by the owner, Marian Van Overwaele. She became sequestrated (declared bankrupt) in 2000; in March 2022 her brother, George Amil, in whose name the property had been placed, was evicted with his family. The building had by that time deteriorated. In February 2023, American couple David and Chelom Leavitt bought the property for £1.15M. David is a lawyer and ex state prosecutor who was involved in the Nicholas Alahverdian (aka Nicholas Rossi) case, and Chelom an assistant professor at Brigham Young University in Utah.