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Strachur ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Srath Chura)) and Strathlachlan ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Srath Lachlainn)) are united parishes in the west side of Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. Cowal is the large peninsula situated between Loch Long to the east and Loch Fyne to the west and bordered to the north by the arterial road A83. Strachur is located 7 miles south of the A83, linking Loch Lomond and A82 to Inveraray, Lochgilphead and Campbeltown, and is 23 miles north of Dunoon, the main town of the Cowal peninsula. Strachur has a Post Office, the two churches of Strachur and Strathlachlan, a hotel/bar, the well-known Creggans Inn, and a local bar, the Clachan. The village Memorial and New halls host events local and for the whole of Cowal and beyond. The local smiddy, which closed as a blacksmiths in the 1950s after over 150 years and four generations of the Montgomery family of smiths, is now the Smiddy Museum, open from Easter to 30 September. Local transport is by bus with a regular service between Dunoon and Inveraray, and Dunoon and Carrick Castle, situated south of Lochgoilhead on Loch Goil. The name 'Strachur' comes from the Gaelic for 'Valley (''srath'') of the Cur' - Cur being the name of the river flowing from the hills east of Strachur village, turning south to flow into Loch Eck. Access to Inveraray used to be via the ferry from St Catherine's just north of Strachur. This ferry closed in the 1960s. ==District & boundaries== The area around Strachur borders the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The parish is bounded along its north-west side by Loch Fyne - Strachur forming its north-western district, and Strathlachlan its south-western one; and it is bounded on other sides by the parishes of Lochgoilhead, Kilmun, Dunoon, and Kilmodan. It is mostly uplands, and altitudes rise to 3000 feet. Loch Eck touches the parish for three miles on the south-east. The parish church of Strachur dates from 1789 and can accommodate 400. That of Strathlachlan was built in 1792 and can hold 150. The parishes were united in 1950. 〔http://www.combinedops.com/ Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Marlow R.N. 'Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy', Maritime Books 1992 & 2000. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strachur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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