Portincaple

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Portincaple

Portincaple is a hamlet on the shores of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield.

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The view of Loch Goil and Loch Long from Portincaple.

For thirty years until his death in 1942, Portincaple was the home of Scottish artist James Kay.[1]

Whistlefield, later Whistlefield Halt, was a station Script error: No such module "convert". from Craigendoran Junction[2] railway station served the hamlet of Portincaple and the surrounding area. Opened in 1896 by the West Highland Railway, it was built on a single track section without a passing loop in between Garelochhead and Glen Douglas and closed by the British Railways Board in 1964.[3]

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