Talk:Argyll's Bowling Green

Proposed move

I am not at all sure that there is a proper name "Ardgoil Peninsula" as opposed to the "Ardgoil peninsula". The OS see to call the area the "Ardgoil Estate". I think "Argyll's Bowling Green" has primacy in any case - see e.g. Scotgaz. I therefore propose a move to Argyll's Bowling Green. Ben MacDui 11:41, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Merge discussion

These two articles could perhaps be merged although they do cover slightly different areas and with a different emphasis. Ben MacDui 18:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Merge discussion

I added the Ardgoil page and saw your discussion about merging it with Argyll's Bowling Green. I will be adding more about the Ardgoil estate in the near future. The area called Argyll's Bowling Green is a part of the Ardgoil estate. I would suggest adding it to the Ardgoil page as its part of the Ardgoil estate or keeping the pages separate. I personally would keep the pages separate as one is a geographical description and the other is a legal/political description. They both cover different area's though one is in the other. I also believe the name Argyll's Bowling Green to be an error that has been duplicated. The area is certainly not flat. I can back this up with documented evidence. I will add this to the Argyll's Bowling Green page in the near future. I have a number of articles that call it the Devil's Bowling Green which makes much more sense. Below is a quote from one of the articles that I have and I will look out the others in the near future.

Times Newspaper, Monday, March 20, 1933 Lord Rowallan, Benefactor of Glasgow. “The other is Ardgoil, down the Clyde, a strip of land lying between the two beautiful lochs, Loch Goil and Loch Long. The land is rough and rugged, with high mountains that descend steeply to the sea. So irregular is its outline that it has been called the Devil’s Bowling Green.” —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goilman (talk • contribs) 09:41, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Dear me - of course it isn't flat. The English name is simply homophonic with the original Gaelic. "Devil's Bowling Green" is new to me and as you can see from the ABG article there are two references that support "Argyll's Bowling Green". However, that aside, if you are intended an expansion of Ardgoil Estate the best solution may well be to keep them separate, mention ABG in the Estate article and have the Estate be a "see also" for ABG. Ben MacDui 18:10, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goilman (talk • contribs) 00:39, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

area called Mark

"mark" is not in fact the area, it is the name of the small bothy at NS 229951 217.44.96.253 (talk) 15:58, 31 August 2012 (UTC)