Crinan, Argyll and Bute

Crinan

Looking out to Loch Crinan over the small inner harbour of Crinan Village.
Crinan
Crinan shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NR 78738 94372
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Lochgilphead
Postcode district PA31
Dialling code 01546
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute

Crinan (Scottish Gaelic: An Crìonan) is a small village located on the west coast of Scotland in the region known as Knapdale, which is part of Argyll and Bute. Before the Crinan Canal was built, Crinan was named Port Righ which meant the king's port. The canal was named from the small settlement of Crinan Ferry on the edge of Loch Crinan where a small ferry landed. The name Crinan probably derives from the Creones tribe who lived in the area in 140 AD.[1] The canal starts at Ardrishaig sea lock on Loch Gilp, and ends nine miles away at Crinan sea lock on the Sound of Jura. The canal was designed to provide a short cut between the west coast and islands at one end and the Clyde estuary at the other, and so avoid the long voyage around the south end of the Kintyre Peninsula.

By the canal basin is a coffee shop and the nearby hotel and looks out across Loch Crinan to Duntrune Castle. Crinan Post Office is in the old Harbour House.[2] Crinan Boatyard provides services and facilities for commercial and leisure boaters.[3] A scallop farming business operates from the loch.[1] The 35 ha Crinan Wood is home to ferns, lichens and 24 species of bird.[4]

Parts of the TV series The Tales of Para Handy were filmed here.

References

  1. 1 2 Crinan, Ports and Harbours of the UK, retrieved 4 June 2014
  2. ↑ Crinan CanalBasin Post Office, Canmore, retrieved 4 June 2014
  3. ↑ Crinan Boatyard, Crinan Boatyard, retrieved 4 June 2014
  4. ↑ Crinan Wood, Woodland Trust, retrieved 4 June 2014


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