Arinagour
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Arinagour
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 View over Arinagour and Arinagour Bay | |
  Arinagour  Arinagour Location within Argyll and Bute | |
| Population | 50 (approximate) |
| OS grid reference | NM2257 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF COLL |
| Postcode district | PA78 |
| Dialling code | 01879 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Arinagour (Scottish Gaelic: Àirigh nan Gobhar, "shieling of the goats"[1]) is a village on the island of Coll, in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island, and the location of the island's ferry terminal.[2] It has a population of around 50.[3]
Buildings
Arinagour parish church is a Gothic Revival Church, with a timber roof and lancet windows, that was built in 1907.[6]
Arinagour Free Church was built circa 1880, with a belcote and pointed arch windows it became disused in 2008.[7]
There is a First World War and Second World War memorial in Arinagour, on Shore Street, in the form of a small standing stone with a memorial plaque to those locals who died in the wars.[8][9]
