How to use this room
Grid Ghosts is built to show growth rather than just list facts. Start with the historic OS viewer centred on Castle Hill, then work outward through the centre, the bay, Bishop’s Glen, and the Holy Loch orbit.
Historic OS anchor
Open the Dunoon historic side-by-side viewer
This bookmark is already centred on Dunoon. Use the layer controls in the NLS viewer to step backwards and forwards through the available mapping series.
What to watch for
Old core and Castle Hill
Watch how limited the early recognisable settlement is compared with later spread along the shore and through the centre.
Victorian fill-in
Track Argyll Street, Edward Street, and the shorefront as they become denser and more continuous.
West Bay leisure build-out
Compare where resort infrastructure thickened, then thinned or vanished.
Bishop’s Glen engineering
Read the glen as designed infrastructure as well as scenery.
Holy Loch military footprint
Use later layers and aerials to understand Cold War change.