Glen Lean

Glen Lean is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is an obvious glacial-formed glen, with near vertical sides along part of the glen. It runs from the head of the Holy Loch in the east to the head of Loch Striven in the west. The only hamlet in the glen is Clachaig.[1][2] The Little Eachaig River flows out of the glen, joining the River Eachaig and flows into the Holy Loch. The Tarsan Dam is the other notable feature in the glen. [3][4]

Glen Lean
Glen Lean, the B836 - geograph.org.uk - 922936
Highest point
Coordinates56.006736°N 5.0693618°W / 56.006736; -5.0693618 
Geography
LocationCowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
CountryScotland
OS gridNS 08731 83563
Geology
Mountain typeGlen

There is also the buildings at risk (unlisted) ruins of a powder mill, built c. 1840, in Clachaig.[5][1][6]

The B836, a single-track road, goes through the glen.[7]

References
  1. Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works | ScotlandsPlaces
  2. Glen Lean Gunpowder Mills | Canmore
  3. Tarsan, Loch: Overview of Tarsan, Loch
  4. Photo of Tarsan Dam
  5. http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/914011
  6. Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition) - John Colegate (1868), page 32
  7. B836 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki
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