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Carrick Castle (village)

Carrick Castle
Carrick Castle - geograph.org.uk - 975572.jpg
Carrick Castle - geograph.org.uk - 975572
Scotland
Scotland
Carrick Castle
Carrick Castle shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NS 19200 94500
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode district PA24
Dialling code 01301
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°06′32″N 4°54′33″W / 56.108936°N 4.9090839°W / 56.108936; -4.9090839Coordinates: 56°06′32″N 4°54′33″W / 56.108936°N 4.9090839°W / 56.108936; -4.9090839

Carrick Castle; is a village on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village is within the Argyll Forest Park, which is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

The village of Carrick Castle is located on Loch Goil. The village church is listed on the buildings at risk register of Scotland. There is a waymarked path to Ardentinny from Carrick Castle village.

Carrick Castle, a 15th-century castle built on a rock on the shoreline of Loch Goil, was originally a Clan Lamont stronghold.



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