Bellanoch (Argyll and Bute)

Lat:56.073 Lon: -5.528

Bellanoch is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute.

It is located on Loch Crinan, 2 miles (3 km) southeast of the village of Crinan, and on the southwest side of the Crinan Canal

The 9 mile long Crinan Canal connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with the Sound of Jura, providing a navigable route between the Clyde and the Inner Hebrides.

The canal was originally built for commercial sailing vessels and, later, Clyde puffers to travel between the industrialised region around Glasgow to the West Highland villages and islands. Now it is largely used by leisure craft.

Features of the area

• Rural
• Canal
• Loch

Argyll and Bute Group

Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas. Its administrative centre is in Lochgilphead.

It covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council and is bordered by Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.

Elsewhere on the BBC

• BBC Glasgow and West Scotland

Elsewhere on the web

• RCAHMS: Crinan Canal, Bellanoch Swing-Bridge
• Wikipedia entry on the Crinan canal
• Waterscape: Crinan Canal
• Argyll and Bute Council Local History