Cairnbaan Village and Canal

Date Added: 26 July 2007 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1975 Picture No: 234

Small thumbnail size slide found in a forestry office drawer along with another of two foresters sitting by roadside. Where is this and what year?

Thanks to comments below this photograph has been identified and approximate year estimated.

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4 Comments

This is the tarmac road dropping down into the houses behind Cairnbaan Camp (FC workshop) in Knapdale, close to Dunardry basin on the Crinan Canal. Looking south east towards Kilmichael Forest. Don't know the year but comparing the trees on the far bank with what is there now would help to age the shot. Comment left on 07 August 2007 at 14:19 by Malcolm Wield

Picture 234 looks like Cairnbaan village and canal in West Argyll.

Doug Knox
Forestry Commission
Surveys Manager
Edinburgh Comment left on 08 August 2007 at 19:29 by Douglas Knox

This is taken from a road we knew as the high road which leads up to Knapdale Forest. If you look middle of picture you can see modern roof tops, these houses were built in the 70s. I lived in the village accross from the shop. Comment left on 23 March 2011 at 20:13 by Stewart Hepburn

This was know as the green gate, due to the automatic gate fitted. The gate was knock off its post when a FC lorry came thru and it failed to open and ended up destroying it. Comment left on 11 December 2014 at 23:35 by R Laird

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