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Torinturk
Torinturk () is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed. History The present village was started in the 1930s with the building of 4 semi-detached bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...s now numbered 9, 10, 11 and 12. This was part of a nationwide scheme to help overcome high unemployment during the depression. Each house had land at the back to keep hens on and had land down near the sea pool for growing vegetables. The men who lived in the four houses planted the trees that are now part of Achnaglachgach Forest. Landmarks * Dùn a' Choin Duibh, a hillfort located near Torinturk References Villages in Kna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute
Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020). The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current council leader is Councillor Jim Lynch. Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland (council area), Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling (council area), Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. History The County of County of Bute, Bute and the County of Argyll were two of the shires of Scotland, historic counties of Scotland. They were both "''shires''" (context; the area controlled by a sheriff principal, sheriff) in the Middle Ages. From 1890 until 1975 both counties had individual separate ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll, Bute And South Lochaber (UK Parliament Constituency)
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber is a List of UK Parliament constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Brendan O'Hara of the Scottish National Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency), Argyll and Bute from 2015 to 2024. Boundaries The vast majority of the new constituency comprises the area of the abolished constituency of Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency), Argyll and Bute, which was coterminous with Argyll and Bute, Argyll and Bute Council, and comprises the following wards: * Cowal (ward), Cowal * Dunoon (ward), Dunoon * Helensburgh Central (ward), Helensburgh Central * Helensburgh and Lomond South (ward), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Argyll and Bute (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd'') is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood) covering most of the Council areas of Scotland, council area of Argyll and Bute. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, electoral region, which elects seven additional member system (Scottish Parliament), additional members, in addition to the eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Jenni Minto of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Electoral region The Argyll and Bute constituency is part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarbert, Kintyre
Tarbert (, ; more fully ''Tairbeart Loch Fìne'' "Tarbert [of] Loch Fyne" to distinguish it from Tarbert, other Tarberts) is a village in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and Bute council areas of Scotland, council area. It is built at the head of an inlet of Loch Fyne called East Loch Tarbert, Argyll, East Loch Tarbert, on a narrow isthmus which connects Kintyre to the south with Knapdale to the north and separates East Loch Tarbert from the much longer West Loch Tarbert, Argyll, West Loch Tarbert. Tarbert had a recorded population of 1,338 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. Tarbert has a long history both as a harbour and as a strategic point guarding access to Kintyre and the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised form of the Gaelic word ''tairbeart'', which literally translates as "carrying across" and refers to the narrowest strip of land between two bodies of water over which goods or entire boats can be carried (portage). In past times cargoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Boar
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread Suina, suiform. It has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability to a diversity of habitats. It has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. Wild boars probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene and outcompeted other suid species as they spread throughout the Old World. , up to 16 subspecies are recognized, which are divided into four regional groupings based on skull height and lacrimal bone length. The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of interrelated females and their young (both male and female). Fully grown males are usually s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungalow
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a bungalow was built in 1869. In the United States, it was initially used as a vacation architecture, and was most popular between 1900 and 1918, especially with the Arts and Crafts movement. The term bungalow is derived from the word and used Ellipsis (linguistics), elliptically to mean "a house in the Architecture of Bengal, Bengal style".''Online Etymology Dictionary'', "bungalow"Online Etymology Dictionary/ref> Design considerations Bungalows are very convenient for the homeowner in that all living areas are on a single storey and there are no stairs between living areas. A bungalow is well suited to persons with impaired mobility, such as the elderly or those using wheel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Weimar Republic, Germany. The Depression was preceded by a period of industrial growth and social development known as the "Roaring Twenties". Much of the profit generated by the boom was invested in speculation, such as on the stock market, contributing to growing Wealth inequality in the United States, wealth inequality. Banks were subject to laissez-faire, minimal regulation, resulting in loose lending and wides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dùn A' Choin Duibh
Dùn is an island in St Kilda, Scotland. It is nearly long. Its name simply means "fort" in Scottish Gaelic (for more information, see "dun"), but the fort itself has been lost – old maps show it on Gob an Dùin (), which is at the seaward end. Though Dùn is almost joined to Hirta at Ruiaval, the two islands are separated by Caolas an Dùin (the straits of Dùn). This prevents Soay sheep from Hirta straying onto the island, and thus it is more vegetated. The small island is home to the largest colony of fulmars in Britain. Before 1828, St Kilda was their only British Isles breeding ground, but they have since spread and established colonies elsewhere, such as at Fowlsheugh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
