Barcaldine is a small settlement in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 centred on the historic Barcaldine House and located on the banks of Loch Creran

Loch Creran

Loch Creran is a sea loch in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. It is about long from its head at Invercreran to its mouth on the Lynn of Lorne, part of Loch Linnhe. The loch separates the areas of Benderloch to the south and Appin to the north. The island of Eriska lies at the mouth of the...

 between Oban

Oban

Oban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...

 and Ballachulish

Ballachulish

The village of Ballachulish in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred around former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish was more correctly applied to the area now called North Ballachulish, to the north of Loch Leven, but was usurped for the quarry villages at East Laroch and West Laroch,...

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There was formerly a railway station

Barcaldine railway station

Barcaldine was a railway station located in Barcaldine, Argyll and Bute, near the southern shore of Loch Creran.-History:The station opened to passengers in 1913. It comprised a single platform on the east side of the line...

 here.

Barcaldine Castle

Barcaldine Castle

Barcaldine Castle is a 17th century tower house castle located at Barcaldine near Oban, Scotland. The castle was built by Sir Duncan Campbell, of Glenorchy, between 1601 and 1609. The castle fell into desrepair in the later 19th century, when Barcaldine House became the principal residence of the...

 is located a few kilometres to the west. The castle was built in the 15th century by Sir Douglas Campbell of Glenorchy (or Glen Orchy

Glen Orchy

Glen Orchy is a long glen in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. It runs south-westerly from the Bridge of Orchy to Inverlochy following the River Orchy...

). There is also Barcaldine House Hotel

Barcaldine House Hotel

Barcaldine House is a historic mansion in Barcaldine near Oban, Scotland, now a hotel.-Campbell Ownership 1709-1842:The lands were originally part of the extensive estates of the Campbell of Breadalbane, who had built Barcaldine Castle in about 1594, one of six castles including Kilchurn, Edinample...

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The town of Barcaldine

Barcaldine, Queensland

Barcaldine is a small town in Western Queensland, Australia, approximately by road west of the city of Rockhampton. The town is situated on Lagoon Creek, which flows into the Alice River approximately five kilometres south of the Barcaldine. This is the administrative centre of the Barcaldine...

 in western Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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is named (indirectly) after Barcaldine in Argyll.