The Cowal Hydro Scheme is part of the Sloy/Awe Hydro-Electric Scheme and produces 8MW from the stored waters of Loch Tarsan (artificial reservoir), located close by in Glen Lean. The generating house is located at Ardtaraig and is supplied by pipe. The scheme opened in 1951.[2]
Historyedit
Ardtaraig Chapeledit
Ardtaraig Chapel no longer stands, but the foundations are still visible.[3][4]
Ardtaraig was known as HMS Varbel II, a secondary base to HMS Varbel, where navigation was taught to the men who manned the midget submarines or X-craft.[5][6][7]
ardtaraig, hamlet, lying, head, loch, striven, cowal, peninsula, argyll, bute, west, scotland, hamlet, single, track, b836, road, loch, striven, geograph, 572652location, within, argyll, buteos, grid, referencens, 05856, 82680council, areaargyll, butelieutenan. Ardtaraig is a hamlet lying at the head of Loch Striven on the Cowal peninsula Argyll and Bute West of Scotland The hamlet is on the single track B836 road 1 ArdtaraigLoch Striven geograph org uk 572652ArdtaraigLocation within Argyll and ButeOS grid referenceNS 05856 82680Council areaArgyll and ButeLieutenancy areaArgyll and ButeCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDUNOON ARGYLLPostcode districtPA23Dialling code01369UK ParliamentArgyll and ButeScottish ParliamentArgyll and ButeList of places UK Scotland 55 59 52 N 5 06 53 W 55 997656 N 5 1147546 W 55 997656 5 1147546 Contents 1 Cowal Hydro Scheme 2 History 2 1 Ardtaraig Chapel 2 2 World War II 3 Transportation 3 1 National Cycle Route 75 3 2 Bus 4 References 5 External linksCowal Hydro Scheme edit nbsp Tarsan DamThe Cowal Hydro Scheme is part of the Sloy Awe Hydro Electric Scheme and produces 8MW from the stored waters of Loch Tarsan artificial reservoir located close by in Glen Lean The generating house is located at Ardtaraig and is supplied by pipe The scheme opened in 1951 2 History editArdtaraig Chapel edit Ardtaraig Chapel no longer stands but the foundations are still visible 3 4 World War II edit Main article HMS Varbel nbsp The Royal Navy during the Second World Wat A22903Ardtaraig was known as HMS Varbel II a secondary base to HMS Varbel where navigation was taught to the men who manned the midget submarines or X craft 5 6 7 Transportation editNational Cycle Route 75 edit Main article National Cycle Route 75 Ardtaraig is on the NCR75 a route from Edinburgh to Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula 8 The National Cycle Network is maintained by sustrans 9 Bus editThe hamlet is served by the 478 Dunoon Portavadie bus operated by West Coast Motors 10 References edit B836 Roader s Digest The SABRE Wiki www sabre roads org uk Retrieved 21 July 2021 Striven 56 00916202561257 5 1195368969573565 Sse com Retrieved 14 February 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint location link Ardtaraig Chapel Faith in Cowal Retrieved 14 February 2017 Ardtaraig Chapel Canmore Retrieved 14 February 2017 Secret Scotland HMS Varbel II Royal Navy at Rothesay Archived from the original on 15 February 2017 Retrieved 14 February 2017 Dorset Submariners X CRAFT IN WW2 by Gordon Newman Archived from the original on 15 February 2017 Retrieved 14 February 2017 National Cycle Network routes in Glasgow and the West Sustrans hhttps www sustrans org uk about us SCOTLAND S BERMUDA TRIANGLE www keybuses com 21 May 2020 Retrieved 26 September 2023 External links editMap sources for Ardtaraig nbsp Scotland portal nbsp This Argyll and Bute location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ardtaraig amp oldid 1209987706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
