Ashfield is a village in the civil parish of
North Knapdale, in
Knapdale
Knapdale ( gd, Cnapadal, IPA: ˆkraÊ°pÉ™t̪əɫ̪ forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, ...
, in the council area of
Argyll and Bute
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,
Scotland
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. It has a sheep farm and cottage and once had a school.
History
The name "Ashfield" is Gaelic and means "the ash slope".
References
Villages in Knapdale
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