| The Scottish Highlands resort town of Dunoon is on | | | | beloved Highland Mary, overlooks the Pier from the |
| the Cowal Peninsula in the Argyll and Bute Council | | | | side of Castle Hill. Above the Bonny Mary ise what little |
| Area. Dunoon shares the Peninsula with mountainous | | | | remains of Dunoon Castle, built in the 12th century and |
| Argyll Forest Park, home to some of the most | | | | destroyed in the 1685 rebellion. Mary, Queen of Scots |
| breathtaking scenery in a region famous for such | | | | was a resident at Dunoon Castle for short time in 1563. |
| sights. Dunroon looks out across Holy Loch from the | | | | A new breakwater was constructed south of the Pier |
| Firth of Clyde. Acroos the Loch is Gourock, a onetime | | | | in 2005. A new linkspan was installed also alongside |
| resort but now an exclusive residential area. | | | | the breakwater. The linkspan was to be used for |
| Dunoon is home to the Dunoon Pier, an outstanding | | | | berthing and loading auto and truck roll-on ferries, |
| example of the Victorian era's embracing of piers for | | | | replacing the main pier's side loading ferries. A |
| people first. Built in 1835, rebuilt 60 years later, Dunoon | | | | tendering process ran in to problems regarding funding |
| Pier is the dock for the Gourock ferry. The town can | | | | for the new ferries and both interested local parties |
| be reached by land (it is at the south end of the A815) | | | | withdrew. As of last summer the three year old |
| or by sea; as late as the 1960s paddle steamers | | | | linkspan was only being used to berth the |
| brought vacationers from Glasgow. The PS Waverley, | | | | aforementioned paddle-wheeler PS Waverley on her |
| last of sea-going paddle steamers, still stops at Dunoon | | | | occasional visits. However, all is not lost: fishermen |
| Pier. | | | | enjoy the new breakwater daily. |
| A statue of Bonny Mary O' Argyll, Robert Burns' | | | | |