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B813. the with management and social control. social and management or limit your tour to a scenic walk to Gallows Hill. Parking at the junction junction the at Parking Hill. Gallows to walk scenic a to tour your limit or Alternatively take road transport direct to Rosneath for the village tour tour village the for Rosneath to direct transport road take Alternatively of Rosneath but, generally, responsibilities lay in estate estate in lay responsibilities generally, but, Rosneath of These paths are not always wheelchair friendly. wheelchair always not are paths These There are no written records pertaining to the Barony Barony the to pertaining records written no are There Rosneath via Rosneath Caravan Park. Park. Caravan Rosneath via Rosneath coast/woodland path to Rosneath Caravan Park. Then walk on 5.5km to to 5.5km on walk Then Park. Caravan Rosneath to path coast/woodland below Regalities and Sheriffdoms and Regalities below Start at Kilcreggan Pier and head east along Fort Road and along the the along and Road Fort along east head and Pier Kilcreggan at Start Barony Courts fitted into the system of Jurisprudence Jurisprudence of system the into fitted Courts Barony Overview of The Rosneath Peninsula East Heritage Trail: Heritage East Peninsula Rosneath The of Overview Barony Courts Barony Car parking at Rosneath - Shown on village map. village on Shown - Rosneath at parking Car journey. Archibald Campbell, Second Earl of Argyll. Argyll. of Earl Second Campbell, Archibald The B813 bus service to Helensburgh stops at Rosneath after a 7 minute minute 7 a after Rosneath at stops Helensburgh to service bus B813 The a barony by James IV which was then granted to to granted then was which IV James by barony a Post code of Kilcreggan pier for Sat Nav users is G84 0JH G84 is users Nav Sat for pier Kilcreggan of code Post In 1509 the lands of Rosneath were incorporated into into incorporated were Rosneath of lands the 1509 In intervals on weekdays and Saturdays. There is no ferry service on Sundays. on service ferry no is There Saturdays. and weekdays on intervals military obligations with financially based contracts. contracts. based financially with obligations military services from Glasgow. Passsage time is 10 minutes. It runs at regular regular at runs It minutes. 10 is time Passsage Glasgow. from services The SPT passenger ferry from Gourock to Kilcreggan Pier links with train train with links Pier Kilcreggan to Gourock from ferry passenger SPT The incomes of money and it was expedient to replace the the replace to expedient was it and money of incomes By Passenger Ferry: Passenger By Centuries when crown and church required large large required church and crown when Centuries 16 early and 15 late the from dating landholding Rosneath for the East Heritage Trail. Trail. Heritage East the for Rosneath th th The charter was a ‘feu-ferme’ which is a system of of system a is which ‘feu-ferme’ a was charter The the Shore Road route of the Heritage Trail. The B813 service also stops at at stops also service B813 The Trail. Heritage the of route Road Shore the On Sundays the service is two hourly. There are regular bus stops along along stops bus regular are There hourly. two is service the Sundays On King. Station) to Coulport stops at Kilcreggan Pier. Journey time 40 minutes. minutes. 40 time Journey Pier. Kilcreggan at stops Coulport to Station) in consideration of his good and faithful service to the the to service faithful and good his of consideration in The B813 service from Helensburgh (Adjacent Helensburgh Central Central Helensburgh (Adjacent Helensburgh from service B813 The Rosneath to Colin, Lord Campbell of Argyll and Lorne, Lorne, and Argyll of Campbell Lord Colin, to Rosneath Hourly bus service from Helensburgh to links with trains from Glasgow. Glasgow. from trains with links to Helensburgh from service bus Hourly By Bus: By very general terms, the King granted the lands of of lands the granted King the terms, general very Ownership next changed by the Charter of 1489. In In 1489. of Charter the by changed next Ownership minutes. minutes. and B833 takes 30 minutes. Drive time from Glasgow is about 1 hour 15 15 hour 1 about is Glasgow from time Drive minutes. 30 takes B833 and granted to John Colquhoun of Luss. Luss. of Colquhoun John to granted Scenic 16 mile drive from Helensburgh to Kilcreggan Pier via the A814 A814 the via Pier Kilcreggan to Helensburgh from drive mile 16 Scenic remained in Royal hands until 1473, when it was was it when 1473, until hands Royal in remained By Car: Car: By In 1455 Rosneath was annexed by the crown and and crown the by annexed was Rosneath 1455 In Directions to Kilcreggan for the start of the East Heritage Trail Heritage East the of start the for Kilcreggan to Directions inheritors of Roman traditions). traditions). Roman of inheritors introducing Norman feudalism - Normans being the the being Normans - feudalism Norman introducing court. He strove to give his kingdom uniformity by by uniformity kingdom his give to strove He court. Scotland having spent 40 years in the Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman the in years 40 spent having Scotland of Scotland was created. (David came to the throne of of throne the to came (David created. was Scotland of when the system of land tenure under the Great Seal Seal Great the under tenure land of system the when (1124-1153) (1124-1153) 1 David of time the at possession their in st descendants it passed to the Earl of Monteith and was was and Monteith of Earl the to passed it descendants 1199) possessed the Barony of Rosneath. From his his From Rosneath. of Barony the possessed 1199) Earl of Lennox, when his son Amlec (Hamelyn) (b. (b. (Hamelyn) Amlec son his when Lennox, of Earl 2 nd The first reference to Rosneath dates back to Alwyn, Alwyn, to back dates Rosneath to reference first The Early History Early Rosneath Peninsula East Heritage Trail Heritage East Peninsula Rosneath Rosneath Peninsula East Heritage Trail Rosneath Peninsula East Heritage Trail Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723 – 1806) for the then Rosneath minister Dr Drummond and it remained in use Common features of Baronies throughout Scotland were: until the building of the present church in 1853. Its ruined a church, an administrative centre (castle), a Tom a Mhoid walls still stand in the centre of the old graveyard at the (Field of Justice) and a Gallows Hill. The population of a west end of the Clachan. Dr Drummond’s grave lies close Barony generally centred on a clachan which is a small to the old walls and the graveyard has many interesting village or hamlet. memorials. Over the years the church had several extensions and Ecclesiastical History in 1953 the church, formerly known as Rosneath Parish The date of the first church in Rosneath is not known, Church, was re-named St Modan’s Church. For more but one is referred to in a charter conferred by Alwyn, information see separate pamphlet Clyde with Prince Albert and her children (1847) the Royal References are made to “Michaele Gilmodyne, persona In 1844, a year after the Disruption, a Free Church was Yacht anchored in Camsail for the night and was the centre Renyt.” Alwyn’s son, Amelec or Aulay, obtained from built a mile south of Rosneath on the road to Kilcreggan. of much interest. his elder brother, Earl Maldowen, a grant of lands that It fell out of use after church reunification and was In 1848 George feued the South West part of the peninsula included Neved (Renyt or Rosneath) and gifted the demolished in 1933. Close by is the site of the old water for housing developments (See West Heritage Trail) and church “with all its pertinents” to the Cluniac monastery mill demolished in 1913. of Paisley “in pure and perpetual arms”. The grant was although he planned to do the same at Rosneath this never materialised. later confirmed by Alexander III (1241-1286). Additionally Rosneath Castles Amelec granted the monks a salt-pan in the lands of In 1870 his son, the Marquis of Lorne (later the 9th Duke of The Headland at Castle Point been has been the site Rosneath. Argyll) married Princess Louise, the 4th daughter of Queen of a castle since early times. The original defensive Victoria and became heritor of the estate. They built Ferry Later, as part of the settlement of a dispute between the castle evolved and was renovated as a residence by Inn for their own use but during the Boer War it was given Bishop of Glasgow and the Abbot of Paisley it was agreed rd Archibald Campbell, 3 Duke of Argyll,H in 1744.