Millhouse, Argyll

Millhouse
Millhouse, Argyll, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland
Millhouse
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNR 956704
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTighnabruaich
Postcode districtPA21
Dialling code01700
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°53′00″N 5°16′11″W / 55.883246°N 5.269622°W / 55.883246; -5.269622

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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

National Cycle Route 75[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

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