Coylet is a hamlet on

Loch Eck Loch Eck (Gaelic: ''Loch Eich'') is a freshwater loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is long. Along with Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (198 ...

, Cowal peninsula,

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, in West

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. The hamlet is within the

Argyll Forest Park Argyll Forest Park is a forest park located on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. Established in 1935, it was the first forest park to be created in the United Kingdom. The park is managed by Forestry and Land Scotland, a ...

, which is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It developed around the Coylet Inn, a coaching inn on the A815 road that leads to Dunoon, the main town on the peninsula. The name may be derived from Gaelic ''caol ait'', "narrow place".

Popular culture

The 1994 film ''

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'' is centred around the story of a four-year-old boy drowning in

and haunting the Coylet Inn. It was filmed on location at the inn. Starring Emma Thompson and

Adrian Dunbar Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is a Northern Irish actor, director and singer, known for his television and his theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film '' Hear My Song'', nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BA ...

, directed by

Paul Murton Paul Murton is a Scottish television presenter and broadcaster, film-maker, and historian, working primarily on the BBC with an emphasis on travelogues in Scotland. Born in 1957 and raised in Ardentinny on the shores of Loch Long, Argyll, Scotland ...

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File:View from Coylet Inn Loch Eck Cowal - geograph.org.uk - 10148.jpg, View from Coylet Inn Loch Eck Cowal File:Looking ashore from Loch Eck - geograph.org.uk - 762735.jpg, Looking ashore from Loch Eck File:Caravan Park, Coylet - geograph.org.uk - 420003.jpg, Aerial view of Coylet: caravan park

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