Clynder is a
place
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** Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government
* "Place", a type of street or road name
** Ofte ...
on the western shore of the
Gare Loch,
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 202 ...
, Scotland.
Historically in the
County of Dunbarton, Clynder is one of a string of small settlements on the
Rosneath Peninsula. It is almost directly opposite
Rhu
Rhu (; gd, An Rubha ) is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
The traditional spelling of its name was ''Row'', but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it cor ...
, and overlooks the
HMNB Clyde
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). ...
base at
Faslane
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). I ...
.
The hills immediately behind Clynder were formerly used as
apiaries, the types of
heather found there being particularly attractive to bees.
[Groome, F. (1888) ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland'']
References
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Villages in Argyll and Bute