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'''Toward''' ({{langx|gd|Tollard}}) is a village near [[Dunoon]], west of Scotland, in the south of the [[Cowal|Cowal Peninsula]].

During [[World War II]], the Toward area was a training centre called [[HMS Brontosaurus|HMS ''Brontosaurus'']] also known as the No 2 Combined Training Centre (CTC), based at [[Castle Toward]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205161106|title=COMBINED OPERATION BASES IN SCOTLAND. JULY 1945, VARIOUS COMBINED OPERATIONS BASES IN SCOTLAND SHOWING LAY-OUTS OF THE CAMPS AND TYPES OF CRAFT.|website=Imperial War Museums}}</ref>

==Castle Toward==

{{main|Castle Toward}}

Nearby is Castle Toward, a former [[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 TV series ''[[Raven (game show)|Raven]]''. Sold by Argyll and Bute Council to a private individual in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dunoon-observer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9220%3Acastle-toward-sale-agreed-in-principle-to-local-businesswoman&Itemid=19 |title=Castle Toward Sale – Agreed In Principle To Local Businesswoman |publisher=Dunoon-observer.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-15}}</ref>

==Toward Point Lighthouse==

{{main|Toward Point Lighthouse}}

Toward Point has one of the eighteen lighthouses built by [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]].

==Highland Boundary Fault==

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The Highland Boundary Fault passes Toward, as it crosses Scotland from [[Isle of Arran]] in the west to [[Stonehaven]] on the east coast.  The geological fault line formed around 430 million years ago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotlandinfo.eu/the-highland-boundary-fault-line/|title=The Highland Boundary Fault Line – Scotland Info Guide|website=www.scotlandinfo.eu}}</ref>

==Sports==
Toward Seasports Club provides racing, cruising and training.<ref>https://www.towardsc.org/</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery mode="packed" class="center">
File:Bute and Arran hills from Toward - geograph.org.uk - 148309.jpg|Bute and Arran hills from Toward
File:Toward Point lighthouse, Argyll and Bute.jpg|Toward lighthouse
File:Toward April 2011 (5679606474).jpg|Toward lighthouse foghorn building (decommissioned)
File:Toward April 2011 (5679615938).jpg|Toward road (A815)
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Cowal|Toward]]
[[Category:Firth of Clyde|Toward]]
[[Category:Highlands and Islands of Scotland]]
[[Category:Highland Boundary Fault]]

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