Toward () is a village near

Dunoon Dunoon (; ) is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. As well as forming part of the cou ...

, west of Scotland, in the south of the Cowal Peninsula. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the Toward area was a training centre called HMS ''Brontosaurus'' also known as the No 2 Combined Training Centre (CTC), based at

Castle Toward Castle Toward () is a nineteenth-century country house in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in 1820 by Glasgow merchant Kirkman Finlay, it replaced the late medieval Toward Castle, formerly the ancestral home of the Clan Lamont. It was grea ...

Castle Toward

Nearby is Castle Toward, a former

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built close to the ruined

Toward Castle Castle Toward () is a nineteenth-century country house in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in 1820 by Glasgow merchant Kirkman Finlay, it replaced the late medieval Toward Castle, formerly the ancestral home of the Clan Lamont. It was greatl ...

. Castle Toward was used as an

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centre. The grounds were also used as a location for the children's BBC TV series ''

Raven A raven is any of several large-bodied passerine bird species in the genus '' Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens; the two names are assigne ...

''. Sold by Argyll and Bute Council to a private individual in 2016.

Toward Point Lighthouse

Toward Point has one of the eighteen lighthouses built by Robert Stevenson.

Highland Boundary Fault

The Highland Boundary Fault passes Toward, as it crosses Scotland from

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; ) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Counties of Scotland, Historically part of Buteshire, it is in the ...

in the west to

Stonehaven Stonehaven ( ) is a town on the northeast coast of Scotland, south of Aberdeen. It had a population of 11,177 at th2022 Census Stonehaven was formerly the county town of Kincardineshire, succeeding the now abandoned town of Kincardine, Aberd ...

on the east coast. The geological fault line formed around 430 million years ago.

Sports

Toward Seasports Club provides racing, cruising and training.https://www.towardsc.org/

Gallery

File:Bute and Arran hills from Toward - geograph.org.uk - 148309.jpg, Bute and Arran hills from Toward File:Toward Point lighthouse, Argyll and Bute.jpg, Toward lighthouse File:Toward April 2011 (5679606474).jpg, Toward lighthouse foghorn building (decommissioned) File:Toward April 2011 (5679615938).jpg, Toward road (A815)

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Toward Toward () is a village near Dunoon, west of Scotland, in the south of the Cowal Peninsula. During World War II, the Toward area was a training centre called HMS ''Brontosaurus'' also known as the No 2 Combined Training Centre (CTC), based at ...

Highlands and Islands of Scotland Highland Boundary Fault {{Argyll-geo-stub