Toward

Toward
Scottish Gaelic: *Tollard*
Toward Scottish Gaelic: Tollard;
	Toward sign
	Toward Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NS 13400 67500
Council area	Argyll and Bute;
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode district	PA23
Dialling code	01369
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°51′52″N 4°59′01″W / 55.864450°N 4.9834837°W

Toward; (Template:Lang-gd) is a village near Dunoon, Scotland, at the southern tip of the Cowal peninsula.

During the Second World War, the Toward area was a training centre called HMS Brontosaurus also known as the No 2 Combined Training Centre (CTC), based at Castle Toward.^[1]

Castle Toward

Nearby is Castle Toward, a former country house built close to the ruined Toward Castle. Castle Toward was used as an outdoor education centre. The grounds were also used as a location for the children's BBC TV series Raven. Sold by Argyll and Bute Council to a private individual in 2016.^[2]

Toward Point Lighthouse

Toward Point has one of the eighteen lighthouses built by Robert Stevenson.

Highland Boundary Fault

The Highland Boundary Fault passes Toward, as it crosses Scotland from Isle of Arran in the west to Stonehaven on the east coast. The geological fault line formed around c430 million years ago.^[3]