Achnamara - Izeria

Achnamara (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na Mara) is a village in the Scottish council area of Argyll and Bute. Its location is approximately 56°1' N 5°34' W. Achnamara means 'field by the sea'. The name is formed from the Gaelic words achadh 'field', the definite article an, and muir 'sea'. It is a small village with 23 houses in it. it sits at the top of Knapdale Water. There was an outdoor centre for school children which closed down in 1997 and is now derelict.

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Ashfield, Argyll and Bute

Ashfield is a village in the civil parish of North Knapdale, in Knapdale, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has a sheep farm and cottage and once had a school.

Knapdale

Knapdale (Scottish Gaelic: Cnapadal, IPA: [ˈkɾaʰpət̪əl̪ˠ]) forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, North Knapdale and South Knapdale. The area is bounded by sea to the east and west (Loch Fyne and the Sound of Jura respectively), whilst the sea loch of West Loch Tarbert almost completely cuts off the area from Kintyre to the south. The name is derived from two Gaelic elements: Cnap meaning hill and Dall meaning field. Knapdale gives its name to the Knapdale National Scenic Area, one of the forty national scenic areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure their protection from inappropriate development. The designated area covers 32,832 hectares (81,130 acres) in total, of which 20,821 hectares (51,450 acres) is on land and 12,011 hectares (29,680 acres) is marine (i.e. below low tide level).

Eilean Loain

Eilean Loain is a small island in Loch Sween and one of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is about 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the settlement of Kilmichael of Inverlussa in Knapdale and a similar distance southeast of the village of Tayvallich on the other side of the loch. It is attended by the islet of Cala that lies to the north west. Eilean Loain has a substantial jetty on the north shore and a large building nearby. It was described as "inhabited" by Haswell-Smith in 2004 and Argyll and Bute Council records indicate the presence of a dwelling house. According to the National Records of Scotland census information the island is "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses". However, in 2022 the census recorded a resident population of two. Eilean Loain is part of the Knapdale National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.

Loch an Add

Loch an Add is a reservoir in Argyll, Scotland, roughly 3 km southwest of the village of Cairnbaan and 6 km west of the larger settlement of Lochgilphead. It is roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) long and up to 280 metres wide, and is longitudinal in a SW/NE orientation, occupying one several small parallel valleys between successive ridges (a geological formation closely resembling that of Anglesey) in an area of coniferous forest. It is not to be confused with Lochan Add, a smaller body of water with roughly the same shape and orientation, but situated about 20 km to the north-east. Furthermore, neither of these two lochs is connected to the River Add, mentioned below. The loch is one of several reservoirs within the Glen Clachaig Feeder System that supplies water to the Crinan Canal. It is maintained by an earthen dam at its north end, and is currently managed by Scottish Canals. Immediately downstream of this dam is another reservoir, Daill Loch, which is drained by the Dunardy Burn into the Crinan Canal. Loch an Add was first named in 1814 by Scottish engineer Hugh Baird, designer of the Crinan and Union Canals. Baird's toponymy is unclear. One explanation is that it derives from the same Scottish Gaelic root as the River Add, àd or fhàd, which is a lenited form of fada meaning "long" i.e. "Long Loch". Another explanation is that Add is an Anglicisation of àth, meaning "ford" i.e. "Loch of the Ford". The loch has a large stock of brown trout.