Glenbranter
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![]() Glenbranter, Cottages - geograph.org.uk - 235198 | |
![]() ![]() Glenbranter Glenbranter shown within Argyll and Bute | |
OS grid reference | NS 11045 97773 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNOON, ARGYLL |
Postcode district | PA23 |
Dialling code | 01369 |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Glenbranter; is a hamlet on the northwest shore of Loch Eck in the Argyll Forest Park, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute in the West of Scotland.[1]
Sir Harry Lauder
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Glenbranter Mansion House, seat of Sir Harry Lauder
Sir Harry Lauder owned a house at Glenbranter, demolished in the 1960s. There is a memorial to his son Captain John Lauder, of the 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, in Glenbranter who died 26 December 1916, during the First World War.[2]
Gallery
Glenbranter
![](../I/m/Glenbranter_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_85392.jpg)
Glenbranter Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 85392
![](../I/m/Loch_Eck%2C_Benmore-Glenbranter_Forestry_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_159892.jpg)
Loch Eck, Benmore-Glenbranter Forestry Road - geograph.org.uk - 159892
![](../I/m/Glenbranter_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_85390.jpg)
Glenbranter Cottages - geograph.org.uk - 85390
![](../I/m/Old_Bridge_at_Glenshellish_Farm%2C_Glenbranter%2C_Cowal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_662141.jpg)
Old Bridge at Glenshellish Farm, Glenbranter, Cowal - geograph.org.uk - 662141
References
- ↑ "Leave the world behind at Glenbranter". Scotland Forestry Commission.
- ↑ "Captain John Lauder". Scotland's War.
External links
- Map sources for Glenbranter
- Argyll Forest Park, Glenbranter
- BBC World War I at Home
- Captain John Lauder, University of Edinburgh
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