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{{main|Dunans Castle}}
 
The ruined Dunans Castle is also located in Glendaruel, it was the hereditary seat of the [[Clan Fletcher]], from the 9th Chief and several Chiefs that followed up until 1875.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spaceless.com/fletcher/flet4.htm|title=The Fletchers of Dunans, The Fletcher of Glenorchy, An Ancient Scottish Clan|website=www.spaceless.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1116929.stm |title=SCOTLAND &#124; Police probe castle fire |work=BBC News|date=2001-01-14 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref> while Glendaruel Wood and Crags and the Ruel Estuary are both included in the [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Mid Argyll and Cowal]].
 
As the nearest Hospital is some miles away in [[Dunoon]], a disused phone box in the village was converted to house a defibrillator. Just weeks before the installation, a tourist in Glendaruel had died from a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Good+call+for+disused+phone+box.-a0271789259 |title=Good call for disused phone box. - Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=2011-11-07 |access-date=2012-05-15}}</ref>
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{{main|Col-Glen Shinty Club}}
 
The ground of Col-Glen Shinty Club is in the glen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shinty.com/col-glen-shinty-club/|title=Col Glen Shinty Club}}</ref>
 
==Geography==