Otter Ferry - Izeria

Otter Ferry (Scottish Gaelic: An Oitir) is a settlement on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, formerly the site of a ferry across Loch Fyne. Otter Ferry is situated 9 miles from Portavadie from where there is a ferry to Tarbert, in Kintyre, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.

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Kilfinan

Kilfinan is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scotland in the historic parish of the same name. Located in the Cowal Peninsula on the eastern side of Loch Fyne, the hamlet is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the village of Tighnabruaich. Kilfinan is the burial place of the clan chiefs of the Lamonts, in the 13th-century Kilfinan Parish Church. The Kilfinan Hotel, originally a coaching inn, is over 300 years old.

Asknish

Asknish (Scottish Gaelic: Aisginis; from the Norse meaning "ashtree headland" ) is a settlement near the village of Lochgair in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The hamlet is made up of a large detached house (Asknish House) and farm buildings with a lodge and two other dwellings nearby on the A83 road. Asknish House was built in the late 18th century and was named "Lochgair" or "Lochgair Mansion House" until the late 19th century. It has been a Category B listed building since 1971. Asknish House is built on or near the site of a castle owned by the Campbells of Auchinbreck, who sold the estate in 1768 to Robert Campbell of Asknish (Robert Campbell being a descendant of the MacIvers of Lergachonzie & Asknish, and Asknish being the original name of the settlement near Kilmelford now known as Arduaine). The house was inherited by Duncan Paterson (whose grandfather had married a sister of Robert Campbell), and later by Aylmer Vivian (who had married a niece of Duncan Paterson). Both the Patersons and Vivians adopted the surname MacIver Campbell on inheriting the estate. In 1897 Colonel Aylmer MacIver Campbell (i.e. Aylmer Vivian) sold the old MacIver Asknish estate near Kilmelford, requiring its new owner James Arthur Campbell to rename it (the new owner then coined the name Arduaine), and renamed the Lochgair mansion house Asknish.

Loch Gilp

Loch Gilp (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Gilp) is a small inlet on Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. The loch gives its name to the nearby town of Lochgilphead. The Crinan Canal extends from the loch across to Crinan itself.

Lochgair

Lochgair (Scottish Gaelic: An Loch Geàrr) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village.