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Cove, a charming watering-place in Roseneath parish, Dumbartonshire, to the right or E of the entrance to Loch Long, 1¼ mile WNW of Kilcreggan, and 6 miles by water WNW of Greenock. Of modern growth, and conjoined as a police burgh with Kilcreggan, it comprises a number of neat villas and cottages. At it are a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a steamboat pier, and Craigrownie quoad sacra church. See Kilcreggan and Craigrownie.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a charming watering-place" (ADL Feature Type: "recreational facilities") |
| Administrative units: | Rosneath ScoP Dunbartonshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Cove |
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