Lochgair Explained

Official Name:Lochgair
Gaelic Name:An Loch Geàrr
Country:Scotland
Unitary Scotland:Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy Scotland:Argyll and Bute
Static Image:Lochgair.jpg
Static Image Caption:Lochgair
Os Grid Reference:NR923903
Postcode District:PA31
Postcode Area:PA
Post Town:LOCHGILPHEAD
Constituency Westminster:Argyll and Bute
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Argyll and Bute

Lochgair is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village.

In fiction

Lochgair is one of the main settings of Iain Banks's 1992 novel The Crow Road, which mixes real life locations in Argyll and the A83 road with fictional ones.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Crow Road. 23 March 2014.