Coylet is a hamlet on

Loch Eck Loch Eck (Gaelic: ''Loch Eich'') is a freshwater loch located on the Cowal Peninsula, north of Dunoon, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is long. It is oriented in a north-south direction. Its main inflow, at the northern end, is the ...

, on the Cowal Peninsula, in

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 ...

, West of

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. The hamlet is within the

Argyll Forest Park Argyll Forest Park is a forest park located on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. Established in 1935, it was the first forest park to be created in the United Kingdom. The park is managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, ...

, which is itself within the

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park () is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and the hills and glens of the Trossachs, along with several other ranges of hills. It was the first of the national parks of Scotland, two nati ...

. It developed around the Coylet Inn, a

coaching inn The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point ( layover) for people and horses. The inn served the needs of t ...

established in the 1650s located on the

A815 road The A815 is a major road in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It runs for about from the A83, near Cairndow, in the north, to Toward in the south. It passes beside three lochs, while its final stretch is along the Firth of Clyde. Route The road ...

that leads to Dunoon, the main town on the peninsula. The name may be derived from

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

''caol ait'', "narrow place".

Popular culture

The 1994 film ''

The Blue Boy ''The Blue Boy'' (c. 1770) is a full-length portrait in oil by Thomas Gainsborough, owned by The Huntington in San Marino, California. History One of Gainsborough's best known works, ''The Blue Boy'' was long thought to be a portrait of Jon ...

'' is centred around the story of a four-year-old boy drowning in

and haunting the Coylet Inn. It was filmed on location at the inn. Starring

Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Emma Thompson on screen and stage, Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and List of awards and nominations received by Emma Thompson, her accola ...

and

Adrian Dunbar Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an Irish actor, director, and singer from Northern Ireland, known for his television and theatre work. He co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film '' Hear My Song'', nominated for Best Original Screenplay at t ...

, directed by Paul Murton.

Gallery

File:View from Coylet Inn Loch Eck Cowal - geograph.org.uk - 10148.jpg, View from Coylet Inn File:Looking ashore from Loch Eck - geograph.org.uk - 762735.jpg, Looking ashore from Loch Eck File:Caravan Park, Coylet - geograph.org.uk - 420003.jpg, Aerial view of Coylet

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{{Authority control Highlands and Islands of Scotland Villages in Cowal