Glen Lean

{{Short description|Valley in Argyll and Bute, Scotland}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox landform | water = | name = Glen Lean | native_name =  | other_name = | type = Glen  | image = File:Glen Lean, the B836 - geograph.org.uk - 922936.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Glen Lean and the B836  | pushpin_map = Scotland | map_width = | map_caption = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_label = | mark = | marker_size = | coordinates = {{coord|56.006736|N|5.0693618|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =  | location = Cowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. | grid_ref = | grid_ref_UK = NS 08731 83563 | grid_ref_Ireland = | range = | part_of = | water_bodies =  | age = | orogeny = | formed_by = | geology =  | etymology = | nickname = | authority =  | operator =  | area =  | area_km2 = | area_mi2 = | area_ref =  | length =  | width =  | depth =  | drop =  | height =   | elevation =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | surface_elevation =  | surface_elevation_m = | surface_elevation_ft = | surface_elevation_ref = | highest_point = | highest_elevation = | highest_coords =   | volcanic_arc/belt = | volcanic_arc = | volcanic_belt = | volcanic_field = | last_eruption =  | topo = | designation = | free_label_1 = | free_data_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_data_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_data_3 = | website =  | embedded = }}

'''Glen Lean''' is a glen in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is a glacial-formed glen, with near vertical sides along part of the landform. It runs from the head of the Holy Loch in the east to the head of Loch Striven in the west. The only hamlet in the glen is Clachaig.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/rcahms/40783/clachaig-glenlean-blackpowder-works/rcahms Clachaig, Glenlean Blackpowder Works {{!}} ScotlandsPlaces]</ref><ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=IMG |num=1284430 |num2=DP 125090 |desc=Glen Lean Gunpowder Mills Contextual elevation }}</ref> The Little Eachaig River flows out of the glen, joining the River Eachaig and flows into the Holy Loch. The Tarsan Dam is the other notable feature in the glen.<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst15217.html Tarsan, Loch: Overview of Tarsan, Loch]</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024937/https://ukbeaches.guide/photos/uk-photos.php?photo=853212 Photo of Tarsan Dam]}}</ref>

There is also the buildings at risk (unlisted) ruins of a powder mill, built c. 1840, in Clachaig.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/914011|title = Glen Lean Gunpowder Mills, Clachaig | Buildings at Risk Register}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=ColegateP32>[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 32</ref>

The B836, a single-track road, goes through the glen.{{cn|date=May 2026}} It is part of the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus route.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-21 |title=SCOTLAND'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/scotlands-bermuda-triangle |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.keybuses.com |language=en}}</ref>

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