Dunoon, Argyll & Bute - Castle Gardens & East Bay - Valentines postcard 1966

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  Castle Gardens and East Bay, Dunoon [Argyll & Bute]
• Publisher:  Valentines (AT 1142)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Scottish regional Wilding 3d purple
• Postmark(s):  Dunoon 1966 local slogan "Holiday at Dunoon"
• Sent to:  Goring by Sea, Sussex
• Notes / condition:  slight wear at edge due to normal postal use

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Dunoon (/dʌˈnuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Omhain) is a town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.

Dunoon Pier originated in 1835;^[4] however, the current structure was built in 1895.^[4] Prior to the late 1960s, fleets of paddle steamers brought holidaymakers doon the watter from Glasgow to it and numerous other piers on the Clyde Estuary. Until June 2011 the pier was used daily by Caledonian MacBrayne, who ran a regular car-ferry service to Gourock and by the PS Waverley, the last surviving seagoing paddle steamer.

Overlooking the breakwater is a large statue of Robert Burns' love Highland Mary, also known as Bonny Mary O' Argyll, which is located on Castle Hill, just below the remains of the 12th-Century Dunoon Castle. Very little remains of the castle, which would originally have belonged to the Lamont family but became a royal castle with the Earls of Argyll (Campbells) as hereditary keepers, paying a nominal rent of a single red rose to the sovereign. In earlier times, Mary, Queen of Scots stayed at the castle circa 1563 and granted several charters during her visit. The castle was destroyed during the rebellion in 1685.

In the spring of 2005, a new breakwater was built just to the south of the Victorian Pier. As well as protecting the Victorian Pier from storm surges, a new linkspan was also installed alongside the breakwater. This was to allow the berthing and loading of ro-ro ferries instead of the side-loading ferries that used to serve the Victorian built pier. A tendering competition to serve the new linkspan between two interested parties, namely Caledonian MacBrayne and local operator Western Ferries, failed when both parties withdrew from the tendering process. In June 2011, the outcome of a renewed tendering process saw a passenger-only ferry service (Argyll Ferries, owned by Caledonian MacBrayne) using the breakwater for berthing. The PS Waverley also berths at the breakwater when sailing on the Firth of Clyde during the summer season.