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Connel, General
General View (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Connel, General
Classification General View (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) South Connel
Canmore ID 302041
Site Number NM93SW 54
NGR NM 91450 34295
NGR Description Centred 91450 34295
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302041
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM93SW 54 centred 91450 34295
Orignally a small group of houses around the terminal of the ferry to North Connel. The village expanded in the late 19th Century following the building of the Callander to Oban railway with many large houses being built around the station. After 1903 the village expanded further following the opening of the Connel Ferry Bridge and the station becoming a junction for the Ballachulish branch railway. The railway to Ballachulish closed in 1966.
The ferry point is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet lxxxvii) and the subsequent expansion is recorded on the 2nd Edition of the OS 6-inch maps with the omission of the preifx 'South'.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2010
