River Aray
The River Aray is a river of Argyllshire, in the heart of old Argyle running south from the hills to reach the sea in Loch Fyne at the county town, Inveraray. The town takes its name from the river, Inveraray meaning "Mouth of the Aray".
The river rises in many streams off the hills and thereafter has a course manily in the forests planted on the hills, carving Glen Aray as it goes.
At Inveraray the river flows through the grounds of Inveraray Castle before entering Loch Fyne.
Glen Aray
Glen Aray is the dale of the river, and a beautiful Argyll glen, reaching from the hills south of Loch Awe, almost direstly south, through hillside and broad pine forests to Inverary. The A819 follows the glen up from the town on its way over the mountains to Loch Awe (and thence to the A86 trunk route), and follows the course of an old Military Road.
