Whistlefield Inn
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| location_town = Dunoon
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The Whistlefield Inn is a Category C listed building in Whistlefield, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, about twelve miles northwest of Dunoon. Built in 1663, it was originally a drover's inn on the route between Strachur and Ardentinny.[https://www.thewhistlefieldinn.com/en-US Whistlefield Inn's official website][https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_COLEGATE_Colegate_s_Guide_to_Dunoon_Kirn_and?id=AR5bAAAAcAAJ Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition)] - John Colegate (1868), page 53 It sits about {{convert|1300|ft}} from the eastern shores of Loch Eck.[https://books.google.com/books?id=IbkHAAAAQAAJ&dq=the+whistlefield+inn+history&pg=PA157 The Highlands of Scotland, Mountford John B. Baddeley, 1881] Today, it is an inn and restaurant.
The business came under new management in September 2018.
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External links
- [https://www.thewhistlefieldinn.com/en-US The Whistlefield Inn's official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HZgr6ui20s Whistlefield Inn - Aerial View] - ClickAndPray Photography, YouTube, 7 January, 2019
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Category:Hotels in Argyll and Bute
Category:Listed hotels in Scotland
Category:1663 establishments in Scotland