Inveruglas
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 Inveruglas, Loch Lomond - geograph.org.uk - 120041 | |
  Inveruglas Location withinArgyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NN 32000 09700 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Alexandria |
| Postcode district | G83 |
| Dialling code | 01301 |
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| 56°15′00″N4°42′47″W / 56.250021°N 4.7131245°W /56.250021; -4.7131245 | |
Inveruglas (Scottish Gaelic:Inbhir Dhubhghlais)[1] is a hamlet on the west shore ofLoch Lomond, fairly near the north end of the loch and is within theLoch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It is situated on theA82 trunk road, connectingGlasgow toInverness. It is within the historic county ofDunbartonshire, and since 1996 it has been part of theArgyll and Bute council area.
Nearby isles includeInveruglas Isle andWallace's Isle.Inversnaid is roughly opposite on the east shore, there is a pedestrian ferry.
The Inveruglas Water flows into the loch at the hamlet, flowing down fromLoch Sloy. The name of this watercourse is a curious back-formation, since Inveruglas means "the mouth of the Douglas". It may have acquired this name to differentiate it from theDouglas Water a few miles further south.
Inveruglas Isle lies in Inveruglas Bay, an inlet of Loch Lomond.[2]
TheLoch Lomond and Cowal Way starts and finishes at Inveruglas. This 92-kilometre (57-mile) waymarked footpath terminates atPortavadie in theCowal Peninsula, on the east shore ofLoch Fyne.[3]
The renewablehydroelectric schemes generation hall is located on the shore of Loch Lomond at Inveruglas, part of the Sloy/Awe Hydro-Electric Scheme. Opened byQueen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002) in 1950.[4]
