Glenbranter
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 Glenbranter, Cottages - geograph.org.uk - 235198 | |
  Glenbranter Location 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 |
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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
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
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Glenbranter Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 85392 -
Loch Eck, Benmore-Glenbranter Forestry Road - geograph.org.uk - 159892 -
Glenbranter Cottages - geograph.org.uk - 85390 -
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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