Millhouse,_Argyll

Millhouse, Argyll

Millhouse, Argyll

Human settlement in Scotland

Millhouse is a village in the parish of Kilfinan. Located on the B8000 inland from Kames in the east and Portavadie in the west, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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History

Millhouse was the location of a 19th-century Powdermill (1839 until 1921). The gunpowder was taken to nearby Kames, where the powdermill owners built a pier/quay for the loading of boats and the onward transport of their product.[1][2][3]

Transportation

National Cycle Route 75

Main article: National Cycle Route 75

Millhouse is on the NCR75 a route from Edinburgh to Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula.[4] The National Cycle Network is maintained by sustrans.[5]

Bus

The village is served by the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus, operated by West Coast Motors.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Millhouse, Kames Gunpowder Works | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
  2. [2]
    "The Millhouse Gunpowder Mill". www.kylesofbute.com.
  3. [3]
    "Millhouse Gunpowder Works | Cowal | Argyll". www.wildaboutargyll.co.uk.
  4. [4]
    "National Cycle Network routes in Glasgow and the West". Sustrans.
  5. [5]
    "About us". Sustrans.
  6. [6]
    "SCOTLAND'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE". www.keybuses.com. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.


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