Toward, Argyllshire

Toward Gaelic: Tollard
Argyllshire
Toward sign
Location
Grid reference:	NS134675
Location:	55°51’52"N, 4°59’1"W
Data
Post town:	Dunoon, Argyll
Postcode:	PA23
Dialling code:	01369
Local Government
Council:	Argyll and Bute
Parliamentary constituency:	Argyll and Bute

Toward; is a village near Dunoon, at the southern tip of the Cowal peninsula of Argyllshire.

During the Second World War, the Toward area was a training centre called HMS Brontosaurus also known as the No 2 Combined Training Centre (CTC), based at Castle Toward.

About the village

Nearby is Castle Toward, a country house built close to the ruined Toward Castle. Castle Toward was used as an outdoor education centre. The grounds were also used as a location for the children's BBC television series Raven. It was sold by the council to a private individual in 2016.

On Toward Point stands the Toward Point Lighthouse, one of the eighteen lighthouses built by Robert Stevenson.

Highland Boundary Fault

The Highland Boundary Fault passes Toward, as it crosses from Isle of Arran, Buteshire, in the west to Stonehaven in Kincardineshire on the east coast. The geological fault line formed around c430 million years ago.

Sports

Toward Sailing Club provides racing, cruising and training.

Pictures

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Toward, Argyllshire)

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  Bute and Arran hills from Toward
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  Toward lighthouse
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  Toward lighthouse foghorn building (decommissioned)
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  Toward road (A815)