Portincaple
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Portincaple is a hamlet on the shores of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield.
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For thirty years until his death in 1942, Portincaple was the home of Scottish artist James Kay.[1]
Whistlefield, later Whistlefield Halt, was a station 10.30 miles (16.58 kilometres) from Craigendoran Junction[2] railway station served the hamlet of Portincaple and the surrounding area. Opened in 1896 by the West Highland Railway, it was built on a single track section without a passing loop in between Garelochhead and Glen Douglas and closed by the British Railways Board in 1964.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Fullarton, Donald (2010). "Portincaple was artist's retreat". Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ McGregor, John (1994). 100 years of the West Highland Railway. ScotRail. p. 71.
- ^ Butt (1995) p. 247
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