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Cove is a village on the south-west coast of the Rosneath peninsula, on Loch Long, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland.

Cove
Cove and the Rosneath peninsula seen from Blairmore, on the Cowal peninsula, across Loch Long.
Cove Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NS 22237 82010
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Lieutenancy of Dunbartonshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Helensburgh
Postcode district	G84
Dialling code	01436
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Dumbarton
List of places UK Scotland 55.998°N 4.852°W / 55.998; -4.852

History

Historically in Dunbartonshire, before the local government reorganisation in Scotland in 1975 it formed part of the small Joint Burgh of Cove and Kilcreggan. It remained in Dumbarton District until 1996 when it was transferred to Argyll and Bute with the rest of the peninsula.[1]

In common with many villages in the area, Cove provided summer lodgings for the families of wealthy Glasgow merchants, shipowners and businessmen in the 19th century. Several of the large houses have either been converted or have gone. Houses by Alexander "Greek" Thomson around Cove include: Knockderry Castle, Craigrownie Castle, Glen Eden, Craig Ailey, Ferndean and Seymour Lodge, all dating from the 1850s.[2]

Hartfield, designed by Campbell Douglas and completed in 1859, was the summer residence of Lord Inverclyde and later became a YMCA hostel before its dereliction and demolition in the 1960s.[3][4]

Craigrownie Parish Church, which was completed in 1852, serves the communities of Ardpeaton, Cove and Kilcreggan.[5] The church hall, which was built as a church for the United Presbyterian Church and was completed in 1869, is a building at risk.[6] Cove Burgh Hall was completed in 1893.[7]

Notable residents include Fraser Hamilton of Knockderry Farm. In the harsh winter of 1987 his ship, The Pearl, ran aground on the infamous razor edge of Pearsons outcrop. His accomplice David Jones drowned in the icy depths. Fraser-also known as "Mahal"-made it ashore and resides in the village to this very day.

Cove and nearby Kilcreggan are the roosting place of an eagle known as "Old Abe", a bald eagle, who was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War and is the screaming eagle mascot depicted on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. Old Abe was also the trademark eagle on the globe of the Case tractor company. His brood includes young Mahan, named as such due to his love of pursuing "millennium falcons" as well as young Slick, young Naveed and young Rossco.

References

External links

• Map sources for Cove, Argyll
• Craig Ailey Villa, Cove, Firth of Clyde
• The Gareloch and Rosneath Peninsula
• Craigrownie Parish Church

На других языках

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[de] Cove (Argyll and Bute)

Cove ist eine kleine Ortschaft in einer dünnbesiedelten Region der schottischen Unitary Authority Argyll and Bute. Sie ist etwa sieben Kilometer nordwestlich von Greenock und westlich von Helensburgh auf der Halbinsel Rosneath gelegen. Die Ortschaft zieht sich entlang der Küste des Meerearmes Loch Long und liegt teilweise an der Nebenbucht Cove Bay.[2] Zusammen mit dem südöstlich gelegenen Kilcreggan lebten 1961 876 Personen in Cove. Bis zum Jahre 2001 hatte sich diese Zahl auf 1414 erhöht.[1]

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- [en] Cove, Argyll

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