Toward
Human settlement in Scotland
Toward (Scottish Gaelic: Tollard) is a village near Dunoon, west of Scotland, in the south of the Cowal Peninsula.
During World War II, the Toward area was a training centre called HMS Brontosaurus also known as the No 2 Combined Training Centre (CTC), based at Castle Toward.
01Castle 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. Sold by Argyll and Bute Council to a private individual in 2016.
02Toward Point Lighthouse
Toward Point has one of the eighteen lighthouses built by Robert Stevenson.
03Highland Boundary Fault
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.
04Sports
Toward Seasports Club provides racing, cruising and training.
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- Toward Toward - geograph.org.uk - 166516.jpg by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0
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