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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Cairndow like this:
Cairndow, a hamlet in Lochgoilhead parish, Argyllshire, on the E side of Loch Fyne, near its head, 9¾ miles NE of Inverary. It has a good inn, enjoys regular steamboat communication with Inverary, and is the centre of a mission of the Church of Scotland; at it Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy passed the night of Aug. 29,1804.
Cairndow is now part of ARGYLL AND BUTE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how ARGYLL AND BUTE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cairndow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cairndow, in Argyll and Bute and Argyll | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22021
Date accessed: 18th February 2026
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