Colintraive (Scottish Gaelic:
Caol an t-Snàimh) is a village in
Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
,
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Ferries sail between Colintraive and
RhubodachRhubodach is a small settlement on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.The name Rhubodach may come from the Gaelic Rubha a’ Bodach which translates as old man’s point or promontory or alternatively may be from An Rubha Bódach meaning the Bute headland.Rhubodach lies at the north of Bute at the...
on the
Isle of ButeBute, also known as the Isle of Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the county of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Its resident population was 7,228 in April 2001.-Geography: Bute lies in the Firth of Clyde....
. It is located on the Kyles of Bute or Loch Riddon on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula. The nearest town of notable size is Dunoon which is a twenty minute drive away on the east coast of the peninsula facing Gourock and the River Clyde, heading to Port Glasgow and Greenock.
The village faces the Isle of Bute where a ferry journeys the 100 yard gap between Colintraive and the isle.
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Colintraive (Scottish Gaelic:
Caol an t-Snàimh) is a village in
Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
,
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Ferries sail between Colintraive and
RhubodachRhubodach is a small settlement on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.The name Rhubodach may come from the Gaelic Rubha a’ Bodach which translates as old man’s point or promontory or alternatively may be from An Rubha Bódach meaning the Bute headland.Rhubodach lies at the north of Bute at the...
on the
Isle of ButeBute, also known as the Isle of Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the county of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Its resident population was 7,228 in April 2001.-Geography: Bute lies in the Firth of Clyde....
. It is located on the Kyles of Bute or Loch Riddon on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula. The nearest town of notable size is Dunoon which is a twenty minute drive away on the east coast of the peninsula facing Gourock and the River Clyde, heading to Port Glasgow and Greenock.
The village faces the Isle of Bute where a ferry journeys the 100 yard gap between Colintraive and the isle. On the island there is one fairly modest tourist town called Rothesay. Also there is the famous Scalpsie Bay often regarded as one of the best seal viewing points in the world.
The name Colintraive derives from Gaelic and means "swimming strait" or "swimming narrows". In the past, cattle were swum over from the Isle of Bute to Colintraive on their way to the cattle markets of lowland Scotland.
Colintraive is known, along with its neighbouring village of
GlendaruelGlendaruel is a valley in Cowal, Argyll, Scotland.The main village in Glendaruel is the Clachan of Glendaruel. The Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin was born here in 1698 to the Reverend John Maclaurin, who was minister to the parish of Kilmodan. The present Kilmodan Church was built in the...
as Col-Glen, which is also the name of the local
shintyShinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played almost exclusively in the Highlands of Scotland, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other...
team.
Though the village is quite small there is now an hotel and pub-restaurant, along with one small adjoining post office.