Kintyre Way - Kintyre and The Drove Roads - A Pictorial Overview
Kintyre Way - Kintyre and The Drove Roads - A Pictorial Overview
Kintyre Way - Kintyre and The Drove Roads - A Pictorial Overview
Anyone interested in finding out more about Kintyre and Kintyre's history should visit the now extensive 'document archives' of "Kintyre On Record" which are now online at
http://www.scribd.com/Kintyre%20On%20Record and also on Kintyre On Record's own website at http://www.kintyreonrecord.co.uk/articles.php
Contrary to the age-old 'natural convention' of citing latitude before longitude, Britain's Ordnance Survey map grid lines are numbered sequentially from the bottom left of the
map, the grid numbers on the east-west (horizontal) axis called 'Eastings' and the grid numbers on the north-south (vertical) axis called 'Northings', the 'Eastings' always given
before the 'Northings' and thus, in the 6 digit grid reference NR123456, the 'Easting' component is '123' and the 'Northing' component is '456', the grid squares in British
'Ordnance Survey' maps using a one-kilometre square grid spacing
Too, that Kintyre is a peninsula and not a 'broad continent' and the first aim being to follow the course of The Kintyre Way from north to south, the listings that follow have
been set out with the 3-digit 'Northing' component listed first, the full NR Grid Reference following and, after an 'arbitrally devised' Section Code, it simply based on the
progression from one grid square to another, a note given of any prominent features in the area, such as a building, mountain, loch or stream, the columns headed thus -
Essential 'travelling companions' for anyone with an interest in Kintyre's history are Frances Hood's 2000-published and now long-out-of-print book, "A Field Guide to The
Archaeology of Kintyre" which draws on a range of well-respected 'standard' reference works, many of these too now out of print and, for the convenience and interest of
anyone who has a copy of this work to hand, the general headings and page correspondences have also been noted in this document - Also in print and available from local
Kintyre bookshops, Andrew McKerral's "Kintyre In The Seventeenth Century" recording particularly turbulent times, not least the course of events culminating in The
Massacre of Dunaverty, at the very end of The Kintyre Way and, essential for anyone walking The Kintyre Way is Sandra Bardwell and Jacquetta Negarry's 2007-published
Rucksack Readers' guide to "The Kintyre Way"
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ABOUT KINTYRE and THE KINTYRE WAY
Kintyre and Its Geography
KINTYRE, including the islands of Gigha, Cara, Sanda and several islets, is the southern-most district of Argyllshire, only the narrow isthmus, between East Loch
Tarbert and West Loch Tarbert, separating Kintyre from Knapdale, preventing Kintyre from being an island, its southern extremity terminating in that bold broad
promontory called The Mull of Kintyre.
Kintyre (Gael, ceann-tir, 'head-land'; Cym. Pentir), the long projection southward from the Scottish mainland, measures 42½ miles in extreme length from N by E to S by W,
its width varying between 4½ and 11½ miles.
A chain of hill and mountain, culminating in Beinn-an-Tuirc (1,491 feet), runs along its middle, with varied declivity on either side, to belts of low sea-board and it presents,
from end to end, a considerable variety and large amount of pleasing landscape containing a greater proportion of cultivated laud than almost any other district of equal extent
anywhere in The Scottish Highlands.
Its greatest length, from NE to SW, is 14 miles; its breadth varies between 2¼ and 5 miles and its area, excluding foreshore and water, is now 27,751½ acres. The coast
comprises a largish aggregate of sandy shore and includes several small fishing hamlets and harbours.
Of the twelve or thirteen fresh-water lochs dotted over the parish, the largest are Lochs Ciaran (8¾ x 3½ furlongs; 353 feet) and Loch Garasdale (4¼ x 3½ furlongs; 404
feet). The surface is hilly but nowhere mountainous, chief elevations from N to S being Cruach an t-Sorchain (1,125 feet), Cnoc a' Bhaileshios (1,383 feet), Cruach nam
Fiadh (882 feet), Creag Loisgte (650 feet) and Cruach McGougain (813 feet).
Tarbert, sometimes designated East Tarbert, a village and small sea-port, lies 35 miles NNE of Campbeltown and 13½ miles S of Lochgilphead. Tarbert stands at the E
end of the isthmus between East Loch Tarbert and West Loch Tarbert, separating the peninsula of Kintyre from the district of Knapdale. That isthmus is only 1¼ miles
across and was anciently protected by three castles, one in the centre, one at the head of West Loch Tarbert and one on the S side of East Loch Tarbert.
East Loch Tarbert, projecting westward from Loch Fyne, is of small size, only 7 furlongs long and nowhere more than ½ mile broad and but 1¼ miles of ground separates
East Loch Tarbert from West Loch Tarbert, it around 10 miles in length and measuring around just ¾ mile in mean breadth, then runs out nearly due SSW seawards and,
with three small islets, it has more of the aspect of a picturesque fresh-water lake than a sea loch.
Killean and Kilchenzie, which united with Kilcalmonell parish in 2007, was a united parish on the W coast and contains the hamlets or villages of Kilchenzie, 4 miles NW
of Campbeltown; Glenbarr, 8 miles N by W of Kilchenzie; Killean, 5½ miles N by E of Glenbarr and Tayinloan, 7 furlongs N by E of Killean.
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Old records tell us that fairs, now long since discontinued, were formerly held in the parish on the Friday before the last Wednesday of May and the Wednesday after the last
Thursday of July.
Thus, bounded N by Kilcalmonell, E by Saddell and Campbeltown, S by Campbeltown and W by The Atlantic Ocean, the parish of Killean and Kilchenzie has an
utmost length from N to S of 13 miles, a varying breadth of 2¼ miles to 6¼ miles and an area of 42,742 acres, of which 441 are foreshore and 192 acres water.
The coast-line, extending 18¼ miles south-by-westward, from opposite Druimyeon Bay in Gigha island to a point 1¼ miles W by S of Kilchenzie, projects low
Rhunahaorine Point and bolder Glenacardoch Point (102 feet) and is slightly indented by Beallochantuy Bay and several lesser encurvatures.
Barr Water, running 8½ miles south-westward, is the chief of thirteen streams that flow to The Atlantic and the largest of ten small lochs are Loch nan Canach (3¾ x 2
furlongs; 475 feet) in the S and Loch an Fhraoich (4 x 1 furlongs; 709 feet) in the N.
A narrow strip of low alluvial land lies all along the coast and from it the surface rises rapidly eastward, chief elevations from N to S being Narachan Hill (935 feet), Cnoc na
Craoibhe (1,103 feet ), Cnoc Odhar Auchaluskin (796 feet), Cruach Mhic-an-t-Saoir (1,195 feet), Cruach Muasdale (655 feet), Benin Bhreac * (1,398 feet), Meall
Buidhe * (1,228 feet), Cnoc Buidhe (1,023 feet) and Ranachan Hill * (706 feet), where asterisks * mark those summits that culminate on the E confines of the parish.
Antiquities, other than those noticed under Dundonald and the Giant's Fort, are a number of barrows, hill forts and standing stones. From the Macdonalds, The Lords of
The Isles, Dundonald, an ancient castle in the centre of Killean and Kilchenzie parish, passed to the ancestors of The Duke of Argyll and is now represented by rude
remains.
The Giant's Fort (Gael. Ihin-na-foghniliar), was one of two conjoint ancient circular enclosures in the southern division of Killean and Kilchenzie parish, the other called
Fun Fhinn or Fingal's Fort. They have few characters definable by antiquaries; but they attract the attention of travellers and are vulgarly regarded as ancient residences of
Fingal and his giants.
The parish of Saddell and Skipness is bounded NE by the lower waters of Loch Fyne, E by Kilbrannan Sound, SW by Campbeltown, W by Killean and Kilcalmonell
and NW by Kilcalmonell. The parish's utmost length, from NNE to SSW, is 24¼ miles; its breadth varies between 1¾ and 5 miles, whilst tapering N and S to a point and
its area is 74½ square miles or 47,663 acres, of which 300 acres are water, 480 acres are foreshore and 10 acres tidal water. The coastline, extending 6¼ miles SSE and S along
Loch Fyne to Skipness Point and thence 24¼ miles SSW along Kilbrannan Sound, is indented by only one good-sized inlet, Carradale Bay, which projects but one
considerable headland, Carradale Point (133 feet high) and mostly rises steeply from the sea to a height of over 100 feet.
Of seventeen streams that run to Kilbrannan Sound, much the largest is Carradale Water, formed by the Drochaid and Narachan Burns, runs about 7 miles SSE to the bay
and has a considerable volume, Carradale Bay is flanked on the NE side by a rocky headland, the Aird of Carradale (133 feet); is 1 mile broad and 5 furlongs long and opens,
with SSE exposure, into the southern part of Kilbrannan Sound.
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The other streams being the Skipness, Claonaig and Saddell Waters; whilst, of fifteen small fresh-water lochs, the chief are Loch Romain (4 x 1 furlong; 612 feet) and
Loch Tana (2¼ x 1 furlong; 605 feet). Claonaig Burn, in the NE of Kintyre, is formed by the Larachmor and lesser head-streams and winds 2½ miles SE, past Skipness
church, to Kilbrannan Sound, 2¾ miles WSW of Skipness Point.
The surface is hilly everywhere, in places mountainous, the principal summits from N to S being Cruach Doire Leithe (1,230 feet), Coire nan Capull (1,095 feet), Fuar
Larach (886 feet), Creag Mhor (741 feet), Cnoc an Samhlaidh (866 feet), Deucharan Hill (1,081 feet), Cnoc nan Gabhar (753 feet ), Beinn Bhreac (1,398 feet), Meall
Donn (1,138 feet), Ben an Tuirc (1,491 feet), Cnocmalavilach (855 feet) and Bord Mor (1,338 feet).
From Ben an Tuirc (Gael. 'Mountain of The Wild Boar'), the mountain lying some 10 miles N by E of Campbeltown, in good weather, there can be a magnificent view of
seven Scottish and two Irish counties and the panorama can extend from Corsill Point in Wigtownshire to Ben More in Mull and Ben Lomond in Stirlingshire.
The hills are neither steep, barren, nor rocky, but generally covered with an intermixture of grass and heath and, rising regularly and with easy ascent from the shore, they have
flat summits, or stretch away into small tablelands. The glens, all running from NW to SE, usually open at their lower ends upon beautiful little bays and they enjoy so great a
degree of heat and such happy visitations of fertilising showers, as are highly favourable to agriculture.
South Kintyre
Of CAMPBELTOWN, a plain, 5 miles in length and 3 in breadth, extends from the head of the loch W to the shore of The Atlantic Ocean and from both sides of the loch
and of the plain, the surface rises into groups of hills.
Those hills to the N are bare and, not exceeding 710 feet above sea-level, do little more than diversify the landscape; but those to the S have a considerable aggrogate of wood
and go boldly aloft, with diversity of contour, to a culminating altitude of 1,104 feet in Beinn Ghuilean, 1¾ miles SSE of Campbeltown.
The parish of Campbeltown is bounded N by Killean and Saddell, E by The Firth of Clyde, S by Southend and W by The Atlantic Ocean. The parish's length, from N
to S, varies between 5½ and 11¾ miles, its breadth between 4½ and 10½ miles and its land area is 44,220 acres.
The extent of W coast is about 8 miles, the E coastline being about 4 miles long. Campbeltown Loch, on the E and Machrihanish Bay, on the W, lie opposite each other
and render the plain between them much the narrowest part of the parish.
The shore on the E is chiefly rocky toward the N, a sandy beach on both sides of Campbeltown Loch and boldly precipitous toward the S; but on the W, except to the S, is
entirely sandy.
The plain of 5 miles in breadth, already noticed as extending from the bend of Campbeltown Loch to Machrihanish Bay, bears the name of Laggan of Kintyre and
presents some appearance of being alluvial, or rather diluvial and probably, at a comparatively recent geological period, lay under the sea.
From it, the surface rises N to a hill near Aucha Lochy (710 feet), Ballivulline Hill (600 feet), Ranachan Hill (706 feet), Skeroblin Cruach (640 feet), Easach Hill (1,064
feet) and Sgreadan Hill (1,298 feet); southward to Beinn Ghuilean (1,154 feet), Ballimenach Hill (379 feet), Achinhoan Hill (980 feet), Arinarach Hill (1,031 feet),
Tirfergus Hill (853 feet), Skerry Fell Fad (781 feet), The Slate (1,263 feet) and, on the Southend border, Cnoc Moy (1,462 feet).
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Of these Beinn Ghuilean, 1¾ miles SSE of the town, commands a magnificent view of the Ayrshire coast, The Firth of Clyde, Kintyre, the NE of Ireland and the Islay and
Jura group of The Hebrides. Sheets of water are Black Loch (1 x ½ furlong), The Reservoir (3 x 1 furlongs), Aucha Lochy (2½ x 1½ furlongs) and three or four others;
streams are Machrihanish Water, flowing W and Glenlussa Water, flowing E.
DAVAAR or Devar, a small island in the mouth of Campbeltown Loch, rises 300 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length and breadth of 5 and 4½ furlongs and serves
as a natural breakwater to Campbeltown harbour, protecting it from wind and wave and, to the S side of the mouth of Campbeltown Loch, the island is joined to the
mainland by a sandbar ½ mile long, bare at low water.
SOUTHEND, a village and a parish at the southern extremity of the peninsula of Kintyre, stands 9½ miles S by W of Campbeltown, its parish, comprising the ancient
parishes of Kilcolmkill and Kilblane, including the island of SANDA and the adjacent islets, has been called Southend since The Reformation.
It is bounded N by the parish of Campbeltown and on all other sides by the sea, its length, from E to W, is 10¾ miles, its breadth, from N to S, varying between 2¾ and
6¼ miles and its area is 31,160 acres, of which 277½ acres are foreshore and 81½ acres are water.
The parish's coastline, some 20½ miles in extent, is slightly indented by three or four little baylets capable of affording anchorage to vessels and terminates to the SW in the
bold broad promontory of The Mull of Kintyre. It is chiefly sandy in the E, but high, bold and very rocky in the W, its high bold parts abound with caves and presents a
striking appearance as seen from the sea.
The interior of the Southend parish exhibits a picturesque variety of heights and hollows, pastoral hills and arable vales, low grounds and healthy eminences.
Chief elevations, from E to W, are Kerran Hill (775 feet), Tod Hill (610 feet), Cnoc Mor (399 feet), Cnoc Odhar * (907 feet), Beinn na Lice (1,405 feet) and Cnoc Moy *
(1,102 feet), where asterisks * mark those summits that culminate on the northern border.
Two burns, Conieglen Water and the Breackerie Water, which drain the surface S to the sea, are subject to sudden inundating freshets and sometimes cut out for themselves
leaches of new channel.
Sanda, a small island, belonging to the parish of Southend, lies at the W side of the entrance of The Firth of Clyde, 1¾ miles SSE of the nearest part of the peninsula of
Kintyre, 6¾ miles ESE of The Mull of Kintyre and 10 miles S by E of Campbeltown.
Sanda has an utmost length and breadth of 1¼ and ¾ mile and a circumference of 4 miles; consists of sandstone rock and has a tumulated surface, with an extreme altitude of
405 feet above sea level. Moderately high cliffs form part of its shores and one of these is pierced with a very large natural arch and forms a very picturesque object. Two islets,
called Sheep Isle and Glunimore, lie off its NE side.
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The Kintyre Way runs from East Loch Tarbert, on Loch Fyne, at the north end of the peninsula, to Southend, overlooking The North Channel between Scotland and Ireland,
in the south, the 'way-marked' paths and tracks criss-crossing the peninsula as they connect Kintyre's coastal communities, the ownership of the paths and tracks split almost
equally between Scotland's Forestry Commission, Argyll and Bute Council and private land-owners and the route created through the efforts of the local windfarm trusts, the
Forestry Commission, Scottish Natural Heritage, The Kintyre Marketing Group and local businesses, Argyll and The Isles Enterprise (A.I.E.), Argyll & Bute Council and
VisitScotland.
'Pedestrianism' in Kintyre
'Pedestrianism', like foot racing or horse racing was a popular spectator sport in theBritish Isles during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and, especially with the
growth of the popular press, feats of foot travel over great distances gained attention.
One of the most famous pedestrians of the day was one Captain Robert Barclay Allardice, the 6th Laird of Ury, called "The Celebrated Pedestrian" of Stonehaven, his most
impressive feat being to walk 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours, a feat which captured the imagination of the public and drew some 10,000 spectators to watch over the course
of the event, which took place between the June 1st and the July 12th, 1809 - During the 42 days of this exercise, his average time per mile increased from 14m 54s to 21m 4s,
while his weight dropped from 13st 4lb (84.5 kg) to 11st (70 kg) and, if the report of the total wagers was accurate, they were equivalent to some £5 million ($US 8 million) in
present-day terms.
As a consequence of Allardice's feat, long distance walking competitions were introduced, a popular goal being to attempt to walk 100 miles in less than 24 hours, the
successful entrants earning the nickname of "Centurians".
That said, it is something of a disappointment that the long distance Kintyre Way presently and completely by-passes the home of one of Captain Allardice's descendents, Mrs
Jeanne Macalister, widow of Angus, 5th Laird of Glenbarr, she continuing to have her home here in Kintyre's Glenbarr Abbey, her forebear dying in 1854 and his only
surviving child, a daughter, who settled in America.
Whilst the promoters of The Kintyre Way seem unlikely to have been aware of these matters, the general focus on the route, walking it in its entirety, from end-to-end, rather
tends to turn its completion as a 'challenge', one that is perhaps beyond the interest of many 'ordinary' tourists and indeed both the promoters of The Kintyre Way and too the
only, so far, published guide to The Kintyre Way are somewhat dismissive of the potential opportunities that could be opened up for 'ordinary' tourists when they, rather
simply, refer particularly to the Bellochantuy and Peninver tracks and paths as 'Spurs', "Neither is relevant to 'end-to-end' Way walkers, but either may interest anybody staying
in these villages who wishes to walk up to join the main Way" !
It also seems that neither the promoters of The Kintyre Way, nor the writers of the only, so far, published guide to The Kintyre Way are to be easily persuaded that there are
other times of the year, rather than just 'May or September' or 'probably Spring, early Summer and early Autumn', when there are favourable weather conditions for
undertaking the routes and, despite the fact that few of Kintyre's hotels or 'bed and breakfasts' are ever closed, the guide goes so far as to say that 'In practice, short hours of
daylight, near certainty of strong winds and heavy rain and very limited accommodation will rule out the the months from October to March for many people', comments that
are at best 'unhelpful' and comments, apart from those concerning the matter of some shorter daylight periods, that few 'locals' could generally agree with.
True, weather conditions MUST BE be of prime concern for anyone, regardless of whether they be in a group or walking alone but, the wise will take things day-by-day and
hour-by-hour and, very sensibly, trawl the very best of the internet weather websites morning and night BEFORE planning and setting out on the new day's trail(s).
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WEATHER LINKS
Kintyre's weather is 'unique' for Kintyre is near-surrounded by water and professional weather forecasters, though improving with the help of technology, often have bother
with their predictions - Although the BBC's forecasts at the end of their BBC 1 'Reporting Scotland' television news programmes are 'interesting', the forecasts following the
BBC 1 Northern Ireland's 'Newsline' television news programmes and, for example their Ballycastle weather page, which too allows one to watch a repeat of the the latest
televised forecast, are far more informative, Kintyre's weather, generally, coming in from the south-west and The Atlantic Ocean - To further 'complicate' matters for anyone
walking The Kintyre Way, the weather can vary from one side of Kintyre to the other and, frequently differ between the north and south ends of the peninsula, in a word,
Kintyre's weather is very 'local'.
Though there are now many tens of 'weather' websites on the internet, the more reliable of reports appear to come from the AccuWeather website and, to get a proper
'overview' of what is either happening, or likely to happen, one must always check the weather reports and forecasts (sometimes rather slow to load but available in both
'English' and metric measure) for these three stations - Tarbert - Gigha and Campbeltown and, to get some sense of how 'the weather' is moving AND one should also
check out the European Rainfall Radar report, its 'animated' screen showing the movement of any rain, to within the last 15 minutes, over the last 3 hours, albeit that the
screen time is shown as C.E.T. (Central European Time).
It is recommended that some time is spent browsing the various links (and checking the webcams, if they are working too) that are given on the Kintyre On Record weather
pages, of particular interest to anyone visiting or walking Kintyre or The Kintyre Way is the short article there which describes how The Atlantic depressions cross the Kintyre
peninsula.
Very few people manage to walk the complete length of The Kintyre Way without, at some point(s), resorting to cars, taxis or buses to get them to starting and finishing points
and, not least to help them get to camp sites, 'bed and breakfasts', or hotels for overnight accommodation, such places often at some distance from the route's 'way points'.
Though the area's public transport services can get walkers to and from many of the starting and finishing points for each of the routes, none of the necessary connections are
highlighted in either the local operators' or Argyll and Bute Council's own public transport timetables or at roadside bus stops and it is sensible here to give some overview of the
area's local bus services so that walkers may better plan their routes and their needs for accommodation before arriving in the area.
For general purposes, though the necessary online bus timetables can be found on either Argyll and Bute Council's website at
http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/content/roadsandtransport/gettingabout/bus/
At the time of writing, in May 2009, there are indeed no Sunday local bus services except for the thrice-daily Citylink services, on the west side of Kintyre, between
Campbeltown and Glasgow, an 'inconvenience' which may have some bearing on walking itineraries and, in general, walkers too should consider that most of the area's 'rural'
services, especially on the west side of Kintyre, are geared solely to the provision of weekday 'school bus' services, the 'cardinal and general principle' of walking being to
ALWAYS WALK IN TOWARDS earlier booked overnight accommodation stops, rather than expecting any necessary transport arrangements to work when one completes
any route section.
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AN 'ALTERNATIVE' WAY - A 9-NIGHT 'OUTLINE ITINERARY' FOR WALKING AROUND KINTYRE
For anyone willing to forego the 'challenge' of walking the complete length of The Kintyre Way from 'end-to-end' and prepared to ignore the somewhat featureless hill section
between the (summer only) Arran car ferry terminal at Claonaig and Clachan and too ignore the somewhat awkward, mixed, 'on and off beach and road' section between
Clachan and Tayinloan's old fish farm, the following scheme is suggested, one that embraces the availability of the area's local bus services and therefore increases the
likelihood that one will be safely off the hills and timeously into accommodation for each night.
Though there are a number of possible permutations of the itinerary here, the following route sequences, with a little effort, can be made to connect with the area's bus services
and minimise the need for making arrangements with others to get one to and from route starting and finishing points and overnight accommodation points.
Whilst it is of course up to individuals to make their own arrangements, the 'outline itinerary' suggested here might best be undertaken if walkers were to begin by making their
way to Tarbert (Loch Fyne) for their first, 'pre-walk' overnight stay, three nights accomodation, for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, being needed in Tarbert.
Monday night would be spent in Carradale; the choice of accommodation for Tuesday night would, as one will see from the 'outline' here, depend on the individual's
decision of options and could be at Bellochantuy, Campbeltown or on the island of Gigha; the next three nights, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, would then be spent
in Campbeltown and the final night, the Saturday night, might, 'optionally' be spent again in Tarbert, it being the case that that 'final' day's walk actually connects with the
last Glasgow-bound Citylink bus, the connection allowing walkers the opportunity to return homeward, or elsewhere, that evening.
"FRIDAY" - DAY 0) - GETTING TO TARBERT (Loch Fyne and NOT Tarbet, Loch Lomond) - Coming from Scotland's 'Central Belt', or Oban or Dunoon,
by public transport, one should, at the latest that day, take the 18.00 Route 926 Campbeltown-bound Citylink bus from Glasgow's Buchanan Street Bus Station, that
service also connecting with the services from Oban and Dunoon when it arrives in Inveraray at 19.45, the bus then arriving at Tarbert's Turning Circle at 21.05 -
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL ON ALL CITYLINK SERVICES TO and FROM GLASGOW as 'unbooked' passengers are often turned away ! TOO, make certain that
you have booked your accommodation in Tarbert well in advance as there are often events in the village which put heavy demand on accommodation in the area.
1) After an overnight stay in Tarbert - Take the Route 448 bus from Tarbert to Skipness, it leaves Tarbert's Information Centre at 07.41 am on schooldays and at
08.13 am on non-schooldays and Saturdays (no Sunday services) and arrives in Skipness village at 08.12 am / 08.44 am - The 11 mile / 18 kilometre walk back into
Tarbert can then be relatively easily accomplished without any concern about 'how to get home' - Importantly note that, if one were one to walk from Tarbert TO
Skipness, the LAST BUS leaves Skipness at 16.09 on schooldays, 17.44 on non-schooldays and Saturdays (no Sunday services).
2) After an overnight stay in Tarbert - Take the 12.15 Route 926 Campbeltown-bound Citylink bus from Tarbert's Turning Circle to Achnafad (just north of
Tayinloan and north of the old fish farm) arriving at Achnafad around 12.45 or so - Follow The Kintyre Way markers along the shore line and round Rhunahaorine Point
and to Point Sands Caravan Park and, continuing along The Kintyre Way to the Gigha Ferry Terminal and on to Tayinloan village itself - Return to Tarbert on the
LAST BUS, the 17.32 Route 926 Glasgow-bound Citylink bus.
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"MONDAY" - DAY 3) - Tarbert (bus) - Tayinloan / Killean - Carradale
3) After an overnight stay in Tarbert - Take the 'Tayinloan or Campbeltown' head-boarded bus (Mondays to Fridays only, regardless of school days or school
holidays) Route 449 bus from Tarbert's Turning Circle at 07.25 am and (after transferring buses at Tayinloan on school days, the bus going straight through to
Campbeltown on others) a mile or so further on, in sight of the buildings beside the main road at Killean Estate, arriving there around 08.15 am, get off at the start of the
forestry road which founds The Kintyre Way to Carradale - Even if one is not staying in Carradale overnight, the 16 mile / 26 kilometre walk, quite hilly but on a generally
well-kept Forestry Commission road, should be completed in good enough time to enable one to perhaps even catch the 16.45 Route 300 'Campbeltown' bus, the LAST
'Campbeltown' bus being the Route 445 at 18.15, both of these services operating daily, again there are no Sunday bus services.
4) After an overnight stay in Carradale - Take the 07.55 am Route 445, 'Campbeltown' bus, to Saddell village, it arriving there at about 08.15 am (or, if overnight in
Campbeltown, then taking the early morning 07.00 am Route 300 Carradale school bus or otherwise the 09.30 Route 300 Carradale bus to Saddell village, arriving there at
07.25 am / 09.55 am) and, following the way-markers, cross Kintyre, via the head of Loch Lussa, to Bellochantuy - The 9 mile / 15½ kilometre walk might be
accomplished in sufficiently short time to allow one to catch the 13.10 Campbeltown-bound Citylink bus at Bellochantuy and, having reached Bellochantuy, the following
options open up -
4a) If energy not flagging, take the 13.10 Campbeltown-bound Citylink bus from Bellochantuy into the start of the built-up outskirts of Campbeltown, arriving
there about 13.25 and then, rather than leave the option till the following day, take the Gobagrennan road, going north, to the Peninver junction and bear east down to
Peninver village - The 10½ mile / 18 kilometre section might be completed in time to catch the 17.15 Route 300 'Campbeltown' bus, the LAST 'Campbeltown' bus being
the Route 445 at 18.45, both of these services operating daily, again there are no Sunday bus services.
4b) On Tuesdays only, there is a 13.25 Route 449 'Lochgilphead' service which goes north, via both the Gigha Ferry Terminal and the Portavadie Ferry
Terminal, in Tarbert, right through to Lochgilphead - Take the 14.00 ferry to Gigha and, after an overnight stay on the island, either return to Tayinloan next day on the
the 07.35 am ferry which only runs on schooldays and has a directly connecting Route 449 bus for Campbeltown, arriving there at 08.45 am - This gives one more time to
traverse the Gobagrennan to Peninver part of The Kintyre Way, the returning bus connections to Campbeltown as in 4a) above.
"WEDNESDAY" - DAY 5) - Tayinloan - Gigha - Bellochantuy (bus) - Gobagrennan - Peninver (bus) - Campbeltown
5) If deciding to stay overnight in Bellochantuy, or overnight in Campbeltown then, as in 4) above, the day may be spent exploring the Gobagrennan to Peninver
part of The Kintyre Way, the Route 449 bus from Lochgilphead, running from Mondays to Fridays only, passing through Bellochantuy at about 08.30 am and arriving in
Campbeltown at 08.45 am, it too connecting with the 09.30 Route 300 bus to Carradale and giving the options of walking north from Carradale to the Arran Car Ferry
Terminal at Claonaig, see 8) below, or of walking The Kintyre Way back from Saddell to Bellochantuy, see 4) above, or walking from Carradale to Killean and
Tayinloan, details for these these links and connections following below.
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"THURSDAY" - DAY 6) - Campbeltown (bus) - Southend - Machrihanish (bus) - Campbeltown
6) After an overnight stay in Campbeltown - Take the 07.55 am Route 444 Southend bus to the very end of its route, arriving at Keil Gate about 08.18 am and then
follow The Kintyre Way markers north to Machrihanish - Though the 21 mile / 34 kilometre walk is the very longest section of The Kintyre Way and the terrain not
always easy, the walker has at least the chance of catching any one of three buses back to Campbeltown, the 17.55 Route 200, arriving in Campbeltown at 18.13; the 18.35
Route 442, arriving in Campbeltown at 18.53 or the very LAST BUS of all, the 22.35 Route 442, arriving in Campbeltown at 22.54, all three buses running daily, though,
of course, there is no Sunday service.
7) After an overnight stay in Campbeltown - Though on the Sustrans National Cycle Network, as Route 78, but not on The Kintyre Way itself - Take the 07.55 am
Route 444 bus to Southend and then return by the eastern 'Learside' coastal road to Campbeltown - The approximately 14 mile / 23 kilometre walk on a reasonably
surfaced, single track, public road via Macharioch, slightly shorter via Kildavie, is well worth the effort.
and, "SATURDAY" - DAY 8) - Campbeltown (bus) - Carradale - Claonaig (bus) - Tarbert or Campbeltown
8) After an overnight stay in Campbeltown - Take the 09.30 Route 300 bus to Carradale and then, following the Sustrans National Cycle Network 'Route 78' signs,
head north on the B842 for the Arran Car Ferry Terminal at Claonaig - The approximately 14 mile / 23 kilometre walk on a reasonably surfaced, single track, public
road and one should arrive comfotably in time for the Route 448 bus from Skipness to Tarbert, it leaving Claonaig at 16.15 on schooldays, 17.44 on non-schooldays and
Saturdays (no Sunday services) and arriving at Tarbert's Turning Circle at 18.10 - Walkers could then either take the 18.15 Route 926 Glasgow-bound Citylink bus
homeward, it arriving in Glasgow at 21.15, or could choose to spend another night in Tarbert or elsewhere, the Glasgow-bound Citylink bus arriving in Inveraray at 19.25
and connecting with buses to both Oban and Dunoon.
As stated earlier, there are a number of possible permutations of the itinerary here and, for those who feel they have missed out on something, the only section of The Kintyre
Way not included in the 'outline itinerary' here, is the hill section of the walk, from Claonaig to Clachan, that easily enough remedied if, for example, the enthusiastic walker
chose to come to the area a day earlier than suggested here and, having spent the 'Thursday' night in Tarbert, took the Route 448 bus from Tarbert to Skipness, it leaves
Tarbert's Information Centre at 07.41 am on schooldays and at 08.13 am on non-schooldays and Saturdays (no Sunday services) and arrives at the Arran Car Ferry
Terminal at Claonaig at 08.06 am / 08.38 am and then followed The Kintyre Way markers south and west, across the moorland, to Clachan village - The 10 mile / 16
kilometre walk could then be covered in time to catch, at latest, the 17.45 Route 926 Glasgow-bound Citylink bus back in to Tarbert, arriving there at 18.15.
SKIPNESS
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
CLAONAIG
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
596N NR854596 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (f) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
594N NR855594 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (g) Just under 90m SE of (f) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
591N NR852591 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
590N NR853590 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (e) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
588N NR851588 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
588N NR851588 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (d) 14m NNW of (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
583N NR863583 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS (b) at the door of Glenreasdell Mains PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
582N NR864582 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDALE MAINS, CHAMBERED CAIRN
580N NR864580 CLAONAIG, GLENREASDELL MAINS PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
571N NR868571 CLAONAIG (c) natural outcrop in plantation 90m SW of public road. PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
570N NR870570 CLAONAIG (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
569N NR869569 CLAONAIG (b) 90m SW of (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
566N NR871566 CLAONAIG, PARISH CHURCH, ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 48
Skipness Bombing Range - NR910574 - On the south side of the cemetery, a concrete arrow, now part overgrown but still well visible, points southwards to the start of
what was the bombing range on the east side of Kintyre. Sunley's, an English company contracted to build all the new facilities out at Machnhanish for the RN Fleet Air Arm,
were also assigned to build the area's observation posts. All these constructions were built in a highly recognisable type of red brick, an unfamiliar building material in Kintyre.
D-Day Gunnery Range - Kilbrannan Sound - In the months leading up to the D-Day landings, Royal Navy ships conducted gunnery practice from Kilbrannan Sound onto
remote areas in the Kintyre hills. The target was a small loch between Ballochroy and Crossaig. Up in Ballochroy Glen can still be found a sign warning 'persons entering' the
area of danger of unexploded shells.
Crossaig Bombing Range - NR838522 and NR833506 - A Swordfish aircraft crashed on the beach at Crossaig, near Skipness, when using the bombing range. One of the
WRENs working on one of the nearby observation posts managed to pull one of the airmen from the wreck but he did not survive the accident.
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Carradale Observation Post - NR833817 - The original 1939-1945 lookout post was sited on the Castle Hill at Carradale golf course. This site is now used as a shelter for
golfers, the post-war observation post consisted of underground rooms, situated on the Shore Hills and the bunker is still there. It was closed in 1992.
Glen Lussa House - NR763254 - Unoccupied at the time, the house was requisitioned as accommodation for The Women's Land Army. Twelve girls occupied the six
bedrooms.
Kilchousland Gun Emplacement(s) - NR752223 - These emplacements, obviously intended to protect the entrance to Campbeltown Loch, were never fitted out.
However, German U-Boats were active off the coast and U-33 secretly visited Carradale in November 1939 but was spotted by a school bus user who 'phoned the navy control
room in Greenock. HMS Gleaner sank the U-33 off Pladda in February 1940 while on an expedition to mine the approaches to the Clyde.
Campbeltown - Boom Defence Depot - In November 1941 an anti-submarine boom was laid out across the entrance to Campbeltown Loch between Trench Point and
Davaar Island. The 'boom' was a steel net, reaching 90 feet deep and about 2000 feet long. Two officers, three WRENs and twenty-two ratings serviced 'the boom'. It was
removed in July 1945, a job which took several weeks to complete.
to CLACHAN NR766561
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
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CLACHAN
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
BALLOCHROY
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
527N NR736527 BALLOCHROY, about 800m NE of Ballochroy EARTHWORKS AND ENCLOSURES Page 42
526N NR738526 BALLOCHROY, (c) flat slab 365m NNE of (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
524N NR731524 BALLOCHROY STANDING STONES Page 29
524N NR731524 BALLOCHROY, CIST AND STANDING STONES BURIALS AND CISTS Page 17
523N NR737523 BALLOCHROY, (b) Situated 275m ENE of (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
522N NR734522 BALLOCHROY, (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
520N NR728520 BALLOCHROY, KILMICHAEL BURIAL GROUND on S side of Ballochroy Glen 400m SE from road ECC. MONUMENTS Page 49
508N NR765508 BALLOCHROY, LOCH GARASDALE CRANNOGS Page 39
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TAYINLOAN
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
457N NR725457 TAYINLOAN, LOCH DIRIGIDALE on a heathery knoll 230m ESE of Loch Dirigidale PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
451N NR728451 TAYINLOAN, BRAIDS Grave of James Macalister Hall of Killean and Tangy, died Tuesday, August 1, 1922
444N NR718444 TAYINLOAN, BRAIDS CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 20
446N NR695446 TAYINLOAN, KILLEAN, OLD PARISH CHURCH ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 49
445N NR695445 TAYINLOAN, KILLEAN, OLD PARISH CHURCH AND BURYING GROUND W side of main road
425N NR723425 TAYINLOAN, KILLEAN BLENHEIM Z6350 AOS Jurby crashed on December 21, 1941 - approach from the Killean road then S
445N NR707445 TAYINLOAN, DRUMNAMUCKLACH (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 20
444N NR702444 TAYINLOAN, DRUMNAMUCKLACH (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 20
441N NR702441 TAYINLOAN, DRUMNAMUCKLACH (d) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 20
441N NR699441 TAYINLOAN, DRUMNAMUCKLACH (c) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 20
439N NR700439 TAYINLOAN, DRUMNAMUCKLACH (e) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 20
CARRADALE
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
817N NR817383 CARRADALE, Carradale Observation Post - The original 1939 - 1945 lookout post was sited on the Castle Hill at Carradale golf course
419N NR794419 CARRADALE, BRACKLEY CHAMBERED CAIRNS Page 12
418N NR793418 CARRADALE, BRACKLEY CHAMBERED CAIRN 55m S of Brackley farmhouse on E side of Carradale Water
395N NR810395 CARRADALE, AVENGER FN 867 crashed on May 28, 1944, 2 Miles NW Carradale, slightly left track from Auchensavil to Cnoc nan Gabhar
392N NR815392 CARRADALE, Shark Factory Page 62
383N NR820383 CARRADALE, AIRDS CASTLE about 400m S of Carradale Pier and on E edge Golf Course Page 54
365N NR815365 CARRADALE, CARRADALE POINT vitrified fort on promontory at E end of Carradale Bay FORTS Page 34
364N NR815364 CARRADALE, CARRADALE POINT, VITRIFIED FORT approach along E side of Carradale Bay
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SADDELL
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
340N NR797340 SADDELL, RUBHA NAN SGARBH DUN a few metres from high water mark at Rubha na Sgarbh
321N NR795321 SADDELL FORTS Page 34
320N NR784320 SADDELL, ABBEY beside the Allt nam Manach, a tributary of Saddell Water ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 49
320N NR784320 SADDELL, SADDELL ABBEY
315N NR789315 SADDELL, CASTLE Page 55
315N NR789315 SADDELL, SADDELL CASTLE
315N NR775315 06 - 08 - 1803 Teangadh Mhor to north and crossing Allt na Teangaidh Moire burn
315N NR785315 06 - 09 - 1802 to B842 and Saddell Village
320N NR786320 06 - 10 - 1801 SADDELL VILLAGE
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06 SADDELL GLEN - Clockwise CIRCULAR NR786320
PENINVER
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
291N NR731291 PENINVER, WELLINGTON HX420 crashed on February 17, 1943, on Earsach Hill above Lussa Glen, survivors to Drumgrave Farm
288N NR782288 PENINVER, UGADALE, BRUCE'S STONE 50m N of Brucefield gate, 12km N of Campbeltown
285N NR785285 PENINVER, UGADALE on promontory near Ugadale Point and 400m SE of Ugadale House FORTS Page 36
278N NR780278 PENINVER, Kildonan Road Block
278N NR780278 PENINVER, KILDONAN FORTS Page 36
277N NR780277 PENINVER, KILDONAN, GALLERIED DUN on Ballochgair farmland
273N NR767273 PENINVER, BALLOCHGAIR PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 22
273N NR765273 PENINVER, ARDNACROSS - 1 CHAMBERED CAIRNS Page 12
272N NR780272 PENINVER, KILDONALD POINT CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 15
271N NR782271 PENINVER, KILDONAN, POINT FORT on Ballochgair Farm across rough grazing
271N NR781271 PENINVER , KILDONALD POINT on to S of Kildonald Bay, 500m SE of road at Ballochgair FORTS Page 34
268N NR745268 PENINVER, GORT NAH'UILIDHE CHAMBERED CAIRNS Page 13
268N NR745268 PENINVER, GLEN LUSSA, GORT NA H-ULAIDHE, CHAMBERED CAIRN 1.2km NW of Kilkeddan farmhouse,
267N NR744267 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
266N NR723266 PENINVER, DRUMGARVE, TOWNSHIP AND MILL on Glenlussa Water, 1.5km N of Callyburn farm
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266N NR723266 PENINVER, DRUMGARVE, TOWNSHIP AND MILL on N Lussa River, 500m SW Drumgarve Farm Page 59
265N NR738265 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN (b) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
264N NR723264 PENINVER, DRUMGARVE, TOWNSHIP AND MILL on N Lussa River, 500m SW Drumgarve Farm Page 59
264N NR723264 PENINVER, DRUMGARVE, TOWNSHIP AND MILL Mill and miller's house are on opposite bank a little lower down
263N NR742263 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
262N NR749262 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN close to E bank of unnamed stream into the Lussa River and N of track ruins of a village FORTS Page 36
261N NR749261 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN DUN 800m W of Kilkeddan farm on low knoll close to bank of stream
261N NR749261 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN (e) boulder situated at the SW corner of 'Dun No 37' PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
261N NR743261 PENINVER, KILKEDDAN (d) 520m E of Gartgreillan and on the S side of the track PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
260N NR768260 PENINVER, ARDNACROSS - 2 CHAMBERED CAIRNS Page 12
259N NR768259 PENINVER, ARDNACROSS, CHAMBERED CAIRN on headland overlooking Ardnacross Bay
259N NR767259 PENINVER, ARDNACROSS BURIALS AND CISTS Page 17
254N NR763254 PENINVER Glen Lussa House - requisitioned as accommodation for The Women's Land Army
254N NR761254 PENINVER , GLENLUSSA LODGE in the stone wall on E side of road in front of the house STANDING STONES Page 30
254N NR761254 PENINVER, GLENLUSSA LODGE, STANDING STONE built into boundary wall of lodge, on E of road
241N NR743241 PENINVER, GREENLAND CHAMBERED CAIRNS Page 13
241N NR742241 PENINVER, GREENLAND CHAMBERED CAIRN in rough and boggy ground, 800m NE of Greenland farmhouse
227N NR757227 PENINVER, LOW SMERBY, CAIRNS CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 16
224N NR756224 PENINVER, ISLAND MULLER, CASTLE on promontory on N side of Kilchousland Bay Page 54
223N NR752223 PENINVER, KILCHOUSLAND, ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES just N of Kilchousland Chapel Page 64
223N NR752223 PENINVER, Kilchousland Gun Emplacement(s) to protect the entrance to Campbeltown Loch, but never fitted out
221N NR751221 PENINVER MARTLET (or Avenger) crashed on August 18, 1941 at Lower Smerby Farm, Peninver
220N NR752220 PENINVER, KILCHOUSLAND, OLD PARISH CHURCH E of Kilchousland Farm ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 48
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GOBAGRENNAN
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
CAMPBELTOWN
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
Royal Hotel, Kinloch Road - Requisitioned in part as an officers' mess for the ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detection and Interception Corps) trainees. On November 6, 1940,
during the first of only two direct enemy attacks that Campbeltown experienced during the war, The Royal Hotel was partly destroyed by bombs from a single German plane.
Two people lost their lives in the attack.
Victoria Hall - Home to the Kintyre Territorial detachments of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders since it was built in 1918, the Victoria Hall was requisitioned as
accommodation for the ratings of the Rescue Tug Service based in Campbeltown during the war. The officers of the service stayed on two yachts moored in the harbour and
kitted out for the purpose, the 'Minona' and the 'Majesta'. In November 1940, during the first enemy attack on Campbeltown, the Victoria Hall's clock tower was damaged and
had to be demolished. The Rescue Tug Service Base was closed in December 1945.
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Albert Halls, Kinloch Road - Belonging to the Lowland Free Church, the halls were taken over by Argyll County Council as the official centre for the Air Raid Precaution
services (ARP). Here were held the stocks of equipment necessary for the protection of people during air raids or enemy attacks. Campbeltown's first 54 ARP wardens were
appointed in August 1939.
Kinloch Mission Hall, Kinloch Road - The hall belonged to the Free Church and in 1939 was taken over by Argyll County Council to become a gymnasium for displaced
Grammar School pupils. For a little while the hall was a depot for the collection of sphagnum moss - an initiative of John (Jack) Craig of The County Garage. The moss was
used for the making of surgical dressings for war hospitals. The depot moved to John Street and the hall became a centre for The Home Guard.
Kinloch Park - In May 1942, a small parcel of land of the park (opposite the present-day Tesco supermarket) belonging to the Town Council was requisitioned by The
Admiralty in 1942 for use by The Air-Sea Rescue Service. The Town Council was to receive 5 shillings (25p) per annum in compensation.
Kinloch School - Millknowe and Dalintober - This school became the recipient of all the evacuee children that came to Campbeltown. These were both the so-called
Government evacuees, evacuated on the Government scheme, as well as 'private' evacuees who had come under arrangements made by parents or guardians. According to the
school log book, there were still evacuees attending in 1946.
Lochend Free Church Hall - Now demolished, but at the time on the site of today's Tesco car park, this hall was also used as a training centre for the Rescue Tug Service.
Dalintober/Lochruan Housing Scheme - Princes Street/High Street - In 1942, The Admiralty requisitioned this scheme of new council housing, whilst still in the
process of being built. Renamed 'Nimrod B', the complex provided additional accommodation for Royal Navy personnel when the Grammar School became overcrowded.
The scheme was released from Admiralty use in 1946.
Dalintober Primary School, High Street - After the Grammar School had been requisitioned, the west building of Dalintober School, which was not in use, was made into
eight classrooms for displaced pupils.
Albyn Distillery Warehouse, The Roading - The basement of the distillery was temporarily requisitioned in December 1941 by Argyll County Council as an emergency
mortuary. It was relinquished in June 1942.
Longrow South - The 'Victory Club' for servicemen was situated on the south side of the street between today's chemist's shop and The Bank of Scotland.
Locarno 'Middle' Café, Longrow - Now 'Gallerie 10', one of three cafés run by the Grumoli family.
The Old Court (Police) House, 14-22 Bolgam Street - Owned by the Campbeltown Magistrates and The Town
Council, this building, dating probably from the eighteenth century, was first a courthouse and then a prison, later a police station. In July 1940, The Women's Voluntary
Service (WVS) opened it as a clubroom and canteen catering for some 100 military personnel every day and 150 men every evening.
Mayfair 'Top' Café, 43 Main Street - Another of the three Grumoli-run cafés, it opened in 1938 and turned into a club for H.M. Rescue Tug Service officers.
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White Hart Hotel, Main Street - Also used as a naval officers' mess.
Lorne Street Church Hall - After the requisitioning of the Grammar School, the church hall was turned into classroom accommodation for Infants I and II and Primary
classes I and II.
Old Grammar School, Castleacres - Now the Community Education Centre, in April 1940 The Admiralty requisitioned the old Grammar School as theior main anti-
submarine training and accommodation centre, HMS Nimrod. When this site became overcrowded more accommodation was requisitioned elsewhere in the town.
Drill Hall and Armoury, Argyll Street -Following the requisitioning of the old Grammar School, this Territorial Army Hall became school accommodation for displaced
pupils. Later a canteen opened here to supplement the clubroom and canteen in Bolgam Street.
Masonic Lodge, St. John Street - At first requisitioned for music and PT classes for displaced Grammar School pupils, the hall was later used as accommodation for naval
personnel.
Kirk Street (Highland Church) Hall - Belonged to The Kirk Session of The Parish of Campbeltown and, after the requisitioning of the Grammar School, became
accommodation for displaced Primary III, IV and V pupils.
Nissen Hut, St. John Street - Was erected for the ablutions of the occupants of the nearby Masonic Lodge.
Picture House and Rex Cinemas, Hall Street - The Picture House, seating 640, was opened in 1913 and the 1,140-seat Rex in August 1938 - A fire in February 1944
temporarily closed the Rex until October that year.
Nissen Hut, Hall Street - Erected on the east side of Hall Street as an engineering workshop for The Royal Navy.
The New Quay - Training in anti-submarine warfare for The Royal Navy was originally carried out at HMS Osprey at Portland but, in August 1940, these facilities were badly
damaged in a bombing raid. A new base, HMS Nimrod, was commissioned at Campbeltown and this was to become the navy's ASDIC instruction and accommodation centre.
In October 1940, The Admiralty requisitioned The New Quay for naval purposes for a compensation of £125 per annum. In August 1943 another portion of The New Quay
and Campbeltown's Town Slipway were also requisitioned for a signals' hut, the Town Council receiving an additional compensation of £25 per annum.
Quarry Green, Kilkerran Road - Part requisitioned by The Admiralty, a Nissen Hut was erected as an engineering workshop-cum-diesel storage unit.
Stronvaar House, Kilkerran Road - Owned by Mrs Margaret Merson, proprietrix of The Royal Hotel, this large private house was requisitioned by The Admiralty as a
communications centre. It was also the scene of a tragic accident in December 1943 when Thomas Macdonald, a 16-year old messenger boy, was accidentally shot by a sentry
when delivering a telegram, the boy dead by the time an ambulance arrived.
North Park House, Kilkerran Road - Owned by His Grace, The Duke of Argyll and too requisitioned by The Admiralty.
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Limecraigs, Limecraigs Road - Also owned by His Grace, The Duke of Argyll and requisitioned by The Admiralty to become administrative offices for HMS Nimrod, it
was staffed by The Women's Royal Naval Services personnel (WRENs) who also ran the navy's communications department.
Ardnacraig, Kilkerran Road - Another of The Duke of Argyll's houses, requisitioned by The Admiralty to provide accommodation for WRENs.
Rifle Range (beside Bengullion Laundry) - The range, established some twenty years earlier for The Territorial Army, was used too by personnel from HMS Nomrod.
Plantation, Kintyre Park - Requisitioned by Scottish Command in February 1943 for theerection of an ammunition shelter.
Dalintober Pier - Owned by The Town Council since 1847, the pier was requisitioned by The Admiralty in September 1941 in return for £10 compensation per annum -
Then extended, the pier was used for mooring air-sea rescue launches.
The Old Quay - Progressively requisitioned by The Admiralty as their needs developed - In February 1940, the stores and three offices; in May 1940, the north-west
turnstile offices; in April 1941, The British Workmen's Coffee Rooms; in 1942, a small portion of the south-east end of the turnstile building and too, early on, a small hut for
use as the Rescue Tug Service's administrative office.
Belmount, Low Askomil - Commandeered by the Air-Sea Rescue Service for use as their headquarters, the launches operating from Dalintober Pier.
Trench Point (Shipyard) House and land - Used by Boom Defence personnel for accommodation and storage.
Askomil Walk and The Second German Air Raid - On February 9, 1941, the Askomil Walk took the full brunt of Campbeltown's second and last experience of enemy
action. After attacking the Sranraer to Larne ferry, which survived, a group of enemy aircraft turned towards Kintyre and dropped eight mines in Campbeltown Loch, two
exploding on land at the Askomil Walk. The house of the much respected A.I.B. Stewart, the town's procurator-fiscal, was almost completely demolished and Mr Stewart killed.
'The Bungalow', occupied by Frederick Pendle, engineer with The Campbeltown and Mid-Argyll Electric Supply Company (electricity coming to Campbeltown in 1935) was
also destroyed and Mr Pendle too killed. Fifteen other people were injured and a large number of houses in the vicinity suffered varying degrees of damage as the enemy aircraft
dropped bombs and incendiaries around the area.
Drumore House, Glasgow Road - Requisitioned by The Royal Navy as a second military hospital, the other being the newly built Keil Hotel at Southend.
Kilkerran Cemetery - The last resting place of many war victims who died in air crashes.
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205N NR685205 12 - 05 - 2405 passing Westbacks Cottage
215N NR685215 12 - 06 - 2406 passing Aros
215N NR675215 12 - 07 - 2407 passing to south of Machrihanish Airport
205N NR665205 12 - 08 - 2408 following Machrihanish Water
215N NR655215 12 - 09 - 2409 passing West Machrihanish Cottage and West Machrihanish
205N NR655205 12 - 10 - 2410 turning south to Trodigal Cottage and west on B842
205N NR645205 12 - 11 - 2411 continuing west on B842
207N NR637207 12 - 12 - 2501 MACHRIHANISH
STEWARTON
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
MACHRIHANISH
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
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211N NR650211 MACHRIHANISH, Machrihanish Gun Emplacement
209N NR629209 MACHRIHANISH, UISAED, CAIRN CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 16
207N NR651207 MACHRIHANISH, COAL MINE Page 60
207N NR645207 MACHRIHANISH, CAIRN CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 16
207N NR637207 MACHRIHANISH
207N NR628207 MACHRIHANISH, WIRELESS STATION foundations of Fessenden's 1906 Trans-Atlantic Radio Mast main building Page 63
206N NR639206 MACHRIHANISH, CAMPELTOWN RAILWAY TERMINUS Page 60
205N NR650205 MACHRIHANISH various buildings once part of coal mining operations Page 64
201N NR653201 MACHRIHANISH, HIGH KILKIVAN, CRUCK-FRAMED HOUSE on S of main road on way to church and burying ground
201N NR652201 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN, OLD PARISH CHURCH 100m right of Kilkivan Quarry road ECC. MONUMENTS Page 49
201N NR651201 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN OLD PARISH CHURCH on hillside, 180m south of main road
200N NR629200 MACHRIHANISH , LOSSIT 400m SW of Lossit House EARTHWORKS AND ENCLOSURES Page 42
199N NR677199 MACHRIHANISH, Observation Post built beside the site of Fessenden's 1906 Trans-Atlantic Radio Mast
199N NR652199 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN, CAIRN AND BARROW CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 16
198N NR652198 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN CAIRN, 402m from Drumlemble, on Cnocan a'Chluig, 135m SSW of Kilkivan Quarry
194N NR654194 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN, CAIRN AND STANDING STONE CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 16
194N NR653194 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN 400m SSE of Kilkivan Quarry, cairn on Cnocan a' Chluig and 1km SW of road S STONES Page 31
194N NR653194 MACHRIHANISH, KILKIVAN STANDING STONE, 1km S of Kilkivan Chapel
190N NR660190 to NR710210 MACHRIHANISH to CAMPBELTOWN COAL CANAL Page 60
185N NR619185 MACHRIHANISH, BALLYGROCGAN DUN 2.8 km SW of Machrihanish, on low knoll 640m SSW of Ballygroggan farm.
185N NR610185 MACHRIHANISH, CRAIGAIG TOWNSHIP north of Ballymacvicar Page 59
183N NR654183 MACHRIHANISH, Tirfergus 'Township' listed in 1505
182N NR612182 MACHRIHANISH, CRAIGAIG TOWNSHIP on high ledge, about 1.4km SW of Ballygroggan farmhouse
178N NR716178 MACHRIHANISH, FULMAR (or SEAFIRE) crashed on July 7, 1941, ½ mile from High Losset and also found West of Killipole
Drumlemble Radio Station - NR662188 - Erected by RN Fleet Air Arm to divert German bombers.
Ugadale Arms Hotel, Machrihanish - This hotel, later called The Machrihanish Hotel, was built in 1898. The Fleet Air Arm requisitioned it as accommodation for their
personnel.
Machrihanish Air Station - The original Machrihanish airfield, constructed in 1918, had become disused after WWI. The flat land of The Laggan, between Campoeitown
and Machrihanish, was perfect for an airfield and between 1940 and 1941 the English-based firm of Sunley's constructed a new airfield for The Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, it
called HMS Landrail. Over the war years it was to be home to over 200 air squadrons flying Swordfish, Chesapeakes, Blenheims, Masters and Fulmars and would become one
of the three busiest front-line air stations in the UK. The base of convoy escort squadrons and anti-submarine squadrons, the airfield was closed in 1946. N.B. The Royal Navy
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calls its aerodromes, like its on-shore buildings, as if they were ships. They are distinguished by being called by the names of birds - Landrail is another name for the
corncrake.
Machrihanish Observation Post - NR677199 - Built beside the site of the Fessenden Radio Mast.
Davaar Island Observation Post - NR761206 - This post was built just beside the lighthouse but functionally was unrelated to the east coast bombing range.
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13 AMOD FARM NR644126 to MACHRIHANISH NR637207
MULL OF KINTYRE
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
191N NR624191 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballygroggan 'Township' listed in 1505, No 12 on MacNeill's Map
185N NR610185 MULL OF KINTYRE, Cragaig 'Township' listed in 1505
172N NR619172 MULL OF KINTYRE, Lagnacraig 'Township' listed in 1505, perhaps on Allt Mhic an Tanner
167N NR605167 MULL OF KINTYRE, Innean Beag 'Township' listed in 1653
162N NR601162 MULL OF KINTYRE, Innean Mor 'Township' listed in 1653
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143N NR611143 MULL OF KINTYRE, Largiebaan 'Township' listed in 1505
140N NR607140 MULL OF KINTYRE, LARGIEBAAN, CAIRNS CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 16
133N NR595133 MULL OF KINTYRE, Innean Gaothach 'Township' listed in 1505, No 11 on MacNeill's Map
127N NR594127 MULL OF KINTYRE, Innean Beith or Inambea 'Township' listed in 1653, No 10 on MacNeill's Map
122N NR594122 MULL OF KINTYRE, Innean Coig Cailleiche 'Township' listed in 1636
113N NR593113 MULL OF KINTYRE, Innean Dunan 'Township' listed in 1636
097N NR592097 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballimacvicar 'Township', on ledge on lower slopes of Corr Bhan about 1.3km N of the Mull Page 58
097N NR592097 MULL OF KINTYRE, BALMAVICAR TOWNSHIP approximately 1.3 km N of Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse
096N NR597096 MULL OF KINTYRE, NEPTUNE crashed on October 10, 1956, N of 'The Gap', most of the aircraft remains on the hillside Page 63
094N NR598094 MULL OF KINTYRE, WHITLEY P5041 crashed on January 23, 1941, just N of the Neptune on The Mull of Kintyre
089N NR602089 MULL OF KINTYRE, WELLINGTON LB137 crashed on December 2, 1943 about ½ mile NE of car park on The Mull of Kintyre
087N NR614087 MULL OF KINTYRE, BEAUFIGHTER LZ455 October 30, 1943 crashed into Beinn Bhreac
084N NR589084 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballimacilchonalie 'Township' No 9 on MacNeill's Map
084N NR587084 MULL OF KINTYRE LIGHTHOUSE built 1788
084N NR587084 MULL OF KINTYRE LIGHTHOUSE at S point of The Mull, can be approached by road from Carskiey
082N NR593082 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballinamoil 'Township'
080N NR598080 MULL OF KINTYRE BEAUFORT N1180S crashed on September 2, 1942, above 'The Gap' on The Mull of Kintyre
075N NR589075 MULL OF KINTYRE, SEMAPHORE SIGNALLING STATION taking the track E to the foghorn Page 64
074N NR655074 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballinacuissaig 'Township' No 1 on MacNeill's Map
070N NR595070 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballimacomra 'Township' No 8 on MacNeill's Map
064N NR606064 MULL OF KINTYRE, Ballimontgomery 'Township' listed in 1636
063N NR626063 MULL OF KINTYRE, Borgadale Mor 'Township' listed in 1636, No 16 on MacNeill's Map
063N NR624063 MULL OF KINTYRE, Borgadale Beag 'Township' listed in 1636, No 16 on MacNeill's Map
062N NR624062 MULL OF KINTYRE WASP HELIO XT789 crashed on August 12, 1970, near crash site of the Beaufighter on The Mull of Kintyre
061N NR625061 MULL OF KINTYRE, BORGADEL on a rocky bluff 400m W of Borgadel Water and 155m from shore FORTS Page 36
060N NR615060 MULL OF KINTYRE, FORT BURN 275m E of fort at Sron Uamha EARTHWORKS AND ENCLOSURES Page 42
060N NR612060 MULL OF KINTYRE, SRON UAMHA 185m NNW of Sron Uamha itself, the most S point on Mull of Kintyre FORTS Page 36
060N NR612060 MULL OF KINTYRE, SRON UAMHA FORT very isolated difficult access
SOUTHEND
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
The full contents of the "Kintyre At War : 1939 - 1945" file can be seen on scribd.com and an abridged list of the file's contents are also online, on the Kintyre On Record
website where anyone interested can find details of how to order a copy of the complete, 400+ page long file on a CD, the file, written in Microsoft 'Word', a format which
might also be viewed in one of the free versions of the 'Open Office' word processing program.
Importantly, especially for those who have struggled with German dictionaries, there is a 60-page long collection of glossaries focusing on German military and
naval terms and abbreviations and for that alone the file has already seemed to have been of great interest students and historians.
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KINTYRE ROAD SECTIONS
OUTWITH THE KINTYRE WAY LISTINGS OF GRID REFERENCES
615N NR825615 15 - 11 Skipness Road End and junction with B8001 to Claonaig Ferry NR874560
625N NR825625 15 - 10 Kennacraig Ferry Terminal
635N NR825635 15 - 09 continuing on A83
635N NR835635 15 - 08 Achnacraig
645N NR835645 15 - 07 Rhu House
655N NR835655 15 - 06 passing Eilean dà Ghallagain in West Loch Tarbert
655N NR845655 15 - 05 Corranbuie
665N NR845665 15 - 04 Escart Bay Caravan Site
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675N NR845675 15 - 03 West Loch Hotel, West Loch Pier road end and Carrick Cemetery
685N NR855685 15 - 02 westwards on A83
687N NR866687 15 - 01 TARBERT
KENNACRAIG
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
667N NR846667 KENNACRAIG, ESCART, alignment is SE of Escart, 5 stones running NE-SW from farmyard to garden STANDING STONES Page 30
615N NR825615 16 - 01 Skipness Road End and junction with B8001 to Claonaig Ferry NR874560
615N NR835615 16 - 02 B8001 going north of Redhouse Burn
605N NR835605 16 - 03 passing Spion Kop
605N NR845605 16 - 04 continuing on B8001
595N NR845595 16 - 05 continuing on B8001
585N NR855585 16 - 06 south of Gartavaich
585N NR865585 16 - 07 south of Glenreasdale Mains
575N NR865575 16 - 08 west of Aucharae
560N NR874560 16 - 09 Claonaig to Lochranza (Arran) Ferry
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585N NR855585 16 - 06 south of Gartavaich
595N NR845595 16 - 05 continuing on B8001
605N NR845605 16 - 04 continuing on B8001
605N NR835605 16 - 03 passing Spion Kop
615N NR835615 16 - 02 B8001 going north of Redhouse Burn
615N NR825615 16 - 01 Skipness Road End and junction with B8001 to Claonaig Ferry NR874560
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or, ROUTE REVERSED
17 Carradale NR811382 to Claonaig Ferry NR874560
SUSTRANS CYCLE ROUTE 78
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
CROSSAIG
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
545N NR850545 ORAGAIG 230m SW of Oragaig, on level strip between the Allt Oragaig and Allt Domhain PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
522N NR838522 CROSSAIG , Crossaig Observation Post - for D-Day Gunnery Range, the target was a small loch between Ballochroy and Crossaig
522N NR838522 CROSSAIG , Crossaig Bombing Range - observation post
518N NR830518 CROSSAIG, NORTH CROSSAIG 'The Priest's Chair' situated 320m NNW Crossaig Farm on hillside PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
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506N NR833506 CROSSAIG, Crossaig Observation Post - for D-Day Gunnery Range, the target was a small loch between Ballochroy and Crossaig
506N NR833506 CROSSAIG, Crossaig Bombing Range - observation post
GROGPORT
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
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19 Skipness Road End NR825615 to Clachan NR766561
615N NR825615 19 - 01 Skipness Road End and junction with B8001 to Claonaig Ferry NR874560
615N NR815615 19 - 02 continuing on A83, Whitehouse
605N NR815605 19 - 03 continuing on A83, Grassfield
605N NR805605 19 - 04 continuing on A83, Achnaclaod
595N NR805595 19 - 05 continuing on A83, west of Loch Freasdil
595N NR795595 19 - 06 continuing on A83, Ardrowan
585N NR785585 19 - 07 continuing on A83, Monyliadh
575N NR785575 19 - 08 continuing on A83, west of Loch nan Gad
575N NR775575 19 - 09 continuing on A83, east of Cnoc Duibh and old road to Clachan
565N NR775565 19 - 10 continuing on A83, Strathnafanaig and Balinakill House
561N NR766561 20 - 00 CLACHAN VILLAGE
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WHITEHOUSE
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
623N NR829623 WHITEHOUSE, CILLE BHRIDE, enclosure on lower slopes of Cnoc na Caorach, 550m NW of Kennacraig Farm ECC. MON Page 47
605N NR840605 WHITEHOUSE, (d) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
605N NR840605 WHITEHOUSE, (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
605N NR840605 WHITEHOUSE, (b) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
605N NR840605 WHITEHOUSE, (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
598N NR791598 WHITEHOUSE, DUN LEAMNAMUIC on smaller of two hills to W of burn
CLACHAN
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
770N NR545770 CLACHAN, WELLINGTON HX779 February 27, 1943 crashed on the side of Balinakill Hill
600N NR801600 CLACHAN, CLADH MHICHEIL, BURIAL GROUND ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 48
586N NR793586 CLACHAN, LOCHAN DUGHAILL (b) CRANNOGS Page 36
586N NR790586 CLACHAN, LOCHAN DUGHAILL (a) loch lay immediately to E of road, crannog 300m E of road CRANNOGS Page 36
572N NR758572 CLACHAN, DUN SKEIG on S side of entrance to West Loch Tarbert on summit of Dun FORTS Page 34
some tracks shown on O.S. Sheets 62 'North Kintyre' and 68 'South Kintyre' and newer tracks on O.S. Sheets 357 'North Kintyre' and 356 'South Kintyre'
TAYINLOAN
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
MUASDALE
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
428N NR691428 MUASDALE, BEACHMENACH (a) in the NE corner of the ruins of High Beachmenach PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
425N NR695425 MUASDALE, BEACHMEANACH 700m ESE of Beachmeanach EARTHWORKS AND ENCLOSURES Page 42
422N NR722422 MUASDALE, ACHAGLASS (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 22
422N NR722422 MUASDALE, ACHAGLASS (d) 16.5m to the N of (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 22
419N NR710419 MUASDALE, ACHAGLASS (b) 230m NW of (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 22
419N NR708419 MUASDALE, ACHAGLASS (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 22
419N NR693419 MUASDALE, BEACHMENACH (b) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
418N NR693418 MUASDALE, NORTH BEACHMORE CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
418N NR692418 MUASDALE, NORTH BEACHMORE, CUP AND RING MARKED STONES used as gatepost on farm
417N NR681417 MUASDALE, A'CHLEIT PARISH CHURCH 90m off main road
412N NR699412 MUASDALE, HIGH CRUBASDALE PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
406N NR698406 MUASDALE, LOW CLACHAIG (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
404N NR687404 MUASDALE, SOUTH CRUBASDALE in the stackyard behind the farmhouse PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 26
403N NR704403 MUASDALE, LOW CLACHAIG, CUP, RING MARKED STONE 915m E of Low Clachaig Farm and due S of Allt na Fhraoich
403N NR696403 MUASDALE, LOW CLACHAIG (d) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
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403N NR704403 MUASDALE, LOW CLACHAIG (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
403N NR695403 MUASDALE, LOW CLACHAIG (c) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
391N NR679391 MUASDALE, STANDING STONE built into stone wall, 230m N of S Muasdale Farm
391N NR679391 MUASDALE, SOUTH MUASDALE STANDING STONES Page 31
GLENBARR
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
383N NR693383 GLENBARR, KILLMALUAG (d) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
383N NR677383 GLENBARR, GLENCREGGAN (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
383N NR676383 GLENBARR, GLENCREGGAN (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
379N NR700379 GLENBARR, KILLMALUAG BURIAL GROUND N of road and 700m E Killmaluag ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 49
378N NR694378 GLENBARR, KILLMALUAG (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
378N NR692378 GLENBARR, KILLMALUAG (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
377N NR703377 GLENBARR, BLARY (d) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
376N NR693376 GLENBARR, KILLMALUAG (c) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
375N NR659375 GLENBARR, GLENACARDOCH DUN on summit of isolated rock on seashore 450m S of Glenacardoch Point
371N NR661371 GLENBARR, BARLEA STANDING STONES Page 29
371N NR692371 GLENBARR, BLARY (e) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
370N NR691370 GLENBARR, AUCHADADUIE PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 22
370N NR706370 GLENBARR, BLARY (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
369N NR706369 GLENBARR, BLARY, CUP AND RING MARKED STONES 1 km SE of Blary Farm, on S side of Barr Glen
369N NR705369 GLENBARR, BLARY (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
369N NR700369 GLENBARR, BLARY (c) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 19
354N NR670354 GLENBARR, BARR MAINS STANDING STONES Page 29
351N NR735351 GLENBARR, ARNICLE STANDING STONES Page 29
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The mid-point of Kintyre is near Arnicle, at the top of Barr Glen NR730308
BEINN AN TUIRC
363N NR753363 BEINN AN TUIRC
some tracks shown on O.S. Sheets 62 'North Kintyre' and 68 'South Kintyre' and newer tracks on O.S. Sheets 357 'North Kintyre' and 356 'South Kintyre'
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22b HORSE POST ROUTE
Tayinloan NR697458 via Glenbarr NR675365 to Carradale NR811382 Cour NR825485 Spearsaig NR825485 and Tayinloan NR697458
some tracks shown on O.S. Sheets 62 'North Kintyre' and 68 'South Kintyre' and newer tracks on O.S. Sheets 357 'North Kintyre' and 356 'South Kintyre'
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405N NR795405 HPR - 33 passing old schoolhouse
412N NR795412 HPR - 34 Grianan Car Park and Kintyre Way to Tayinloan NR697458
425N NR805425 HPR - 35 continuing north on B842
435N NR805435 HPR - 36 continuing north on B842
445N NR805445 HPR - 37 Grogport
455N NR815455 HPR - 38 Sunadale
465N NR815475 HPR - 39 continuing north on B842
475N NR825475 HPR - 40 continuing north on B842
485N NR825485 HPR - 41 Cour House and Mile Stone to north and Spearsaig (unmarked and no remains shown on map)
495N NR825495 HPR - 42 follow track to west
495N NR815495 HPR - 43 passing north of Cnoc na Buaile
495N NR805495 HPR - 44 continuing on track south of un-named loch and south of Loch a Chaoruinn
495N NR795495 HPR - 45 continuing north of Cnoc an t-Samhlaidh
495N NR785495 HPR - 46 crossing to the west, south of Cnoc Laoighscan
495N NR775495 HPR - 47 joining track heading north towards Cnoc Laoighscan
505N NR775505 HPR - 48 continuing north on track and passing Feur Lochan
515N NR775515 HPR - 49 continuing north on track with Loch Ghatha to north-east
515N NR765515 HPR - 50 continuing on north side of Loch Garasdale
525N NR755525 HPR - 51 to Minen
515N NR755515 HPR - 52 Minen Cottage
515N NR745515 HPR - 53 continuing west down Ballochroy Glen
525N NR735525 HPR - 54 continuing west down Ballochroy Glen
525N NR725525 HPR - 55 joining A83 at Ballochroy
515N NR725515 HPR - 56 continuing on A83, Achnafad
505N NR715505 HPR - 57 continuing on A83, Achnadriane to the east
495N NR715495 HPR - 58 continuing on A83, Ballure to the east
485N NR705485 HPR - 59 continuing on A83, Rhunahaorine School and Point Sands Caravan Park
475N NR705475 HPR - 60 continuing on A83, Gortinanane
465N NR705465 HPR - 61 continuing on A83, Tavantaggart
458N NR697458 HPR - 62 TAYINLOAN VILLAGE
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335N NR665335 23 - 05 continuing on A83, Corputechan
324N NR663324 23 - 06 BELLOCHANTUY VILLAGE
BELLOCHANTUY
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
346N NR664346 BELLOCHANTUY, CLADH NAM PAITEAN BURIAL GROUND ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 48
346N NR663346 BELLOCHANTUY, CLADH NAM PAITEAN, BURIAL GROUND on W of main road
343N NR676343 BELLOCHANTUY, CLEONGART (c) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
340N NR678340 BELLOCHANTUY, CLEONGART (b) boulder sitting on a low knoll 135m NNE of (a). PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
338N NR677338 BELLOCHANTUY, CLEONGART (a) PLAIN CUP MARKS Page 24
335N NR678335 BELLOCHANTUY, CORPUTECHAN, DUN 800m E of Corputechan farm, by rough track
323N NR664323 BELLOCHANTUY, DUN on edge of cliff overlooking Bellochantuy machair
321N NR661321 BELLOCHANTUY, SWORDFISH HS454 crashed on December 6, 1943 at Bellochantuy
319N NR694319 BELLOCHANTUY, HUDSON FK 780 crashed on June 10, 1943 said to have been on a hill near to Putechan Lodge
314N NR657314 BELLOCHANTUY, SEAWEED FACTORY at the road end to Putechan Farm Page 63
314N NR657314 BELLOCHANTUY, PUTECHANTUY DUN 320m S of Putechan Lodge on narrow promontory
310N NR672310 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (e) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
309N NR672309 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (g) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
309N NR672309 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (f) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
309N NR671309 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (h) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
309N NR669309 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (a) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
309N NR668309 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (c) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
309N NR667309 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (j) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
308N NR669308 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (m) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
308N NR669308 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (k) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
308N NR669308 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (i) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
306N NR657306 BELLOCHANTUY, DUN FHINN on stack of rock on E side of road to Tarbert, 300m W of Killocraw FORTS Page 36
306N NR657306 BELLOCHANTUY, DUN FHINN on summit of rock on E of main road, 300m W of Killocraw farmhouse
306N NR666306 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (b) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 21
305N NR663305 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (l) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
302N NR681302 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW (n) CUP AND RING MARKINGS Page 22
301N NR656301 BELLOCHANTUY, DUN MHIC CHOIGIL isolated rock on W side of Tarbert road opposite entrance to Killocraw FORTS Page 36
292N NR658292 BELLOCHANTUY, KILLOCRAW BEACHCRAFT TRAVELLER FT259 crashed on December 22, 1944, approaching Machrihanish
TANGY
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
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WARTIME HERITAGE TRAILS - Tangy
Tangy - Road Block - NR653278 - Roadblocks were under police control and only rarely manned.
Tangy - Breackachy Radio Station - NR671268 - Above the Tangy road HMS Landrail erected a radio station matching the one at Drumlemble. This has now been
converted into holiday cottages changing its appearance considerably.
Tangy - Tangy Rd/Drumalea Farm - Dummy Airfield - NR668269 - A generator installation was set up to power a carefully positioned set of dummy airfield landing
lights - NR667221 - which were lit up when enemy bombers were detected in its vicinity. This was installed to divert the enemy from the Fleet Air Arm installations at
Machrihanish. The generator building was manned by a small group of Campbeltown-based men during the hours of darkness.
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235N NR685235 26 - 08 continuing on A83, North Craigs and road to Machrihanish Airport and Stewarton etc.
245N NR685245 26 - 07 continuing on A83, Kilmaho
245N NR675245 26 - 06 continuing on A83, Kilchenzie Village
255N NR675255 26 - 05 continuing on A83, Drum Cottages
255N NR665255 26 - 04 continuing on A83, Drum Farm
255N NR655255 26 - 03 continuing on A83, Low Ballevain
265N NR655265 26 - 02 continuing on A83, Westport - Surfing Beach
275N NR655275 26 - 01 continuing on A83, Tangy Lodge
KILCHENZIE
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
349N NR674349 KILCHENZIE, OLD PARISH CHURCH, on S side of main road and 100m N of Langa Farm ECC. MONUMENTS Page 48
277N NR662277 KILCHENZIE, TANGY MILL on N bank of Tangy Burn, about 3km NW of Kilkenzie
259N NR681259 KILKENZIE, LARGIEMORE FORTS NE of Largiemore farmhouse
250N NR689250 KILKENZIE, RANACHAN HILL FORT E of Balnagleck farmhouse
248N NR673248 KILCHENZIE, OLD PARISH CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD
259N NR681259 KILCHENZIE, LARGIEMORE 400m NE of Largiemore on hill known as Ballergie Dun are remains of 2 forts FORTS Page 34
256N NR667256 KILCHENZIE, DRUM stone removed by blasting about 1910 but just over 450m NW of Drum Farm S STONES Page 30
253N NR683253 KILCHENZIE, BALNAGLECK 320m NE of Balnagleck EARTHWORKS AND ENCLOSURES Page 42
250N NR689250 KILCHENZIE , RANACHAN HILL 800m E of Balnagleck Farm on summit of Ranachan Hill FORTS Page 34
250N NR672250 KILCHENZIE SEAFIRE SW 857 crashed on December 14, 1945 behind the smiddy at Kilchenzie
244N NR658244 KILCHENZIE, CLOCHKEIL STANDING STONES Page 29
241N NR693241 KILCHENZIE Barracuda LS582 crashed on March 29, 1944 near Glencraigs Farm
241N NR693241 KILCHENZIE, GLENCRAIGS (b) 800m NNW of Glencraigs, SE of wall on road to Low Ranachan STANDING STONES Page 30
240N NR689240 KILCHENZIE, NORTH CRAIGS, RANACHAN HILL 185m N of North Craigs, foot S slope Ranachan Hill EARTHW. ENCSPage 42
237N NR667237 KILCHENZIE, CLOCHKEIL crannog was 400m E of Clochkeil Farm CRANNOGS Page 36
236N NR690236 KILCHENZIE , MID CRAIGS stone is in the wall of approach road to Craigs Farm STANDING STONES Page 30
235N NR693235 KILCHENZIE, GLENCRAIGS (a) 320m NW of Glencraigs and 60m N of Mote Hill STANDING STONES Page 30
234N NR675234 KILCHENZIE, DARLOCHAN buildings on the farm road to RAF Machrihanish and Clochkeil Farm Page 64
223N NR678223 KILCHENZIE, MOSS ROAD, DURRY LOCH near airport, W of public road, 275m W of Durry Pendicle CRANNOGS Page 36
221N NR667221 KILCHENZIE, Dummy Airfield - generator installation to power carefully positioned dummy airfield landing lights
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27 Campbeltown NR720205 to Southend NR688082 via Conie Glen
SUSTRANS CYCLE ROUTE 78
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
28 Campbeltown NR720205 to Southend NR688082 via Achnabraad Glen and Breakerie Glen
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
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091N NR670091 28 - 23 also here, road to The Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse
085N NR665085 28 - 24 continuing south, on the east side of Gleann Breacairigh
075N NR675075 28 - 25 Keil Point
075N NR688075 28 - 26 Dunaverty Bay
082N NR688082 28 - 27 Southend Village
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SOUTHEND ROAD
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
154N NR688154 50 SOUTHEND ROAD, ACHNACLACH FORT E of Southend road, about 6km from Campbeltown
148N NR685148 52 SOUTHEND ROAD, KILLELLAN, HORSE GANG at South Killellan Farm, off main Southend Road
124N NR702124 53 SOUTHEND ROAD, KNOCKSTAPPLE, STANDING STONE N and behind Glenmucklach Farm off Campbeltown
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OR VIA MACHARIOCH
OR VIA KILDAVIE
AND CONTINUING
DAVAAR ISLAND
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
206N NR761206 DAVAAR ISLAND, Observation Post just beside the lighthouse but functionally unrelated to the east coast bombing range
206N NR760206 DAVAAR ISLAND, OBSERVATION POST PILLBOX just west of lighthouse Page 64
199N NR760199 DAVAAR ISLAND, CAVE CAVES Page 41
LEARSIDE ROAD
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
185N NR746185 LEARSIDE ROAD, KILDALLOIG, 800m WSW Kildalloig, S of Achinhoan to Glenramskill road FORTS Page 34
185N NR745185 LEARSIDE ROAD, KILDALLOIG FORT
182N NR581182 LEARSIDE ROAD, KILDALLOIG Fisherman's Cottage Page 62
179N NR758179 LEARSIDE ROAD, KILDALLOIG New Orleans Cottage Page 62
170N NR766170 LEARSIDE ROAD, ACHINHOAN HEAD, ST CIARAN'S CAVE 9.5km SE of Campbeltown ECC. MONUMENTS Page 46
169N NR766169 LEARSIDE ROAD, AUCHENHOAN HEAD, ST. CIARAN'S CAVE only accessible at low tide
156N NR741156 LEARSIDE ROAD, LIBERATOR AM 915 crashed on August 31, 1941, on Arinearch Hill, Balnabraid Glen on E of Achinhoan Hill
155N NR768155 LEARSIDE ROAD, BALNABRAID CAIRNS AND BARROWS Page 15
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154N NR768154 LEARSIDE ROAD, BALNABRAID CAIRN 7km from Campbeltown
145N NR771145 LEARSIDE ROAD, LEARSIDE SHORE Page 62
122N NR761122 LEARSIDE ROAD, 'THE BASTARD' halfway down E flank of 'The Bastard', 600m SE of Leerside road FORTS Page 36
108N NR740108 LEARSIDE ROAD, GLENEHERVIE 800m W of Glenehervie on E coast EARTHWORKS AND ENCLOSURES Page 42
046N NR727046 SANDA, ST NINIAN'S CHAPEL on N shore of island of Sanda, 400m SE of the jetty ECCESIASTICAL MONUMENTS Page 47
045N NR727045 SANDA, ST. NINIAN'S CHAPEL
GIGHA
N'ly NR Grid Ref Section Code LOCATION / FEATURE(S)
546N NR662546 CARN NA FAIRE On top of the most northerly point of Gigha CAIRNS
545N NR660545 BAGH NA DOIRLINNE (A) overlooking 'Bagh na Doirlinne' on the NW tip of Gigha CAVE/SHELTER AND ENCLOSURE
544N NR664544 PORT MOR 1.4m NNE of Kinererach Farm 100m NW of shore at Port Mor SETTLEMENT
544N NR660544 BAGH NA DOIRLINNE (B) overlooking 'Bagh na Doirlinne' on the NW tip of Gigha SHELTER AND ENCLOSURE
543N NR664543 PORT MOR juts into the sandy bay of Port Mor JETTY
539N NR661539 OGHAM STONE, KINERERACH used as a fence post on the W side of the public road STANDING STONES
539N NR661539 CNOC NA GOBHAR On top of a small hill 850m NNE of Kinererach Farm CAIRNS
538N NR668538 CAIRN BAN CAIRN 1.2km NE of Kinererach farmhouse near E end of point of land within 90 metres of shore
538N NR668538 CARN BAN 1.2km NE of Kinererach Farm CAIRNS
536N NR663536 KINERERACH 640m NE of Kinererach Farm lying on a ridge of rock CISTS
536N NR662536 CNOC AN T-SABHAIL on top of Cnoc an t-Sabhail and 100m SW of the summit DUN
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535N NR660535 BALMOR, KINERERACH 400m NNE of Kinererach Farm HOUSE
534N NR661534 KINERERACH about 400m NE of Kinererach Farm CISTS
531N NR653531 WEST TARBERT BAY overlooking West Tarbert Bay on the W coast of Gigha ROCK SHELTER
528N NR658528 CNOC NAN SGULARAN 320m S of Kinererach Farm CUP-MARKED ROCK
527N NR655527 TARBERT 350m SW of Kinererach Farm and 1km N of Tarbert Farm DUN
524N NR655524 EAST TARBERT BAY 135m N of the Standing Stone (NR 655522) CAIRNS
522N NR655522 STANDING STONE 550m NNE of Tarbert Farmhouse, beside E side of public road
522N NR655522 CARRACH AN TARBERT - The Druids Stone - about 550m NNE of Tarbert Farm STANDING STONES
521N NR649521 AIRD THORRINNSE, WEST TARBERT BAY about 230m SE of Aird Thorr Innse CAIRNS
519N NR656519 TOBAR BEATHAIG NW slope of Cnoc Largie, 400m NE of Tarbert Farm WELL
516N NR653516 TARBERT BURIAL GROUND AND CROSS 180m. SE of Tarbert Farm
516N NR653516 TARBERT CHAPEL AND CROSS in field SE of Tarbert Farm
515N NR655515 CAIRN CNOC LARGIE near foot of the SW slope of Cnoc Largie CAIRNS
515N NR653515 EARLY CHRISTIAN SYMBOL STONE, TARBERT in corner of field, S of TARBERT CHAPEL
510N NR644510 ARDAILLY 300m N of Ardailly Farm SETTLEMENT
509N NR650509 CREAG BHAN on E facing slopes of Creag Bhan and 320m NE of Dun an t-Seasgain CAIRNS
509N NR642509 DUNAN TRINNSE N of Ardailly Mill near the shore DUN
509N NR642509 DUN AN TRINNSE on top of steep-sided rocky knoll 32m NW of Ardailly
507N NR649507 CREAG BHAN locally, 'The Prison', 170m N of between Ardailly and Druimyeonbeg HOUSE
507N NR642507 PORT AN DUIN 150m NW of Ardailly Farm, overlooking Port an Duin SETTLEMENT AND ENCLOSURE
506N NR649506 DUNAN AN T-SEASGAIN on isolated rocky knoll 400m WNW of Druimyeon farm
506N NR641506 ARDAILLY 200m SW of Ardailly Farm, overlooking Port an Duinn MILL
505N NR654505 CNOC ABHATRA crowns the lower summit of Cnoc a Bhatra FORT
500N NR663500 JETTY (2) immediately W of Ardminish Point measuring 25 m long and 3 m wide JETTY
500N NR645500 DUNCHIBHICH, FORT NW Drumyeonbeg farmhouse
500N NR645500 DUN CHIBHICH (DUN KEEFIE) 400m NW of Drumeonbeg Farmhouse DUN
499N NR664499 CAIRN RUARTDH near the tip of Ardminish Point above the jetty CAIRNS
498N NR662498 JETTY(1) immediately W of Ardminish Point measuring 25 m long and 3 m w JETTY
498N NR662498 FISH TRAP immediately N of the ferry terminal, encloses a narrow bay facing N FISH TRAP
498N NR652498 DUNAN BUIDHE 450m ENE of Druimyeonbeg Farm HOUSE
497N NR651497 DUNAN BUIDHE 30m N of Dunan Buidhe Dun, 400m ESE of Druimyeonbeg HOUSE
497N NR640497 TIGH AN TAIRBH 300m NW of the N tip of Loch Tarr an Tairbh SETTLEMENT
496N NR651496 DUNAN BUIDHE on the right going N past the Manse HOUSE
496N NR651496 DUN AN BUIDHE to the E of the road and S of Drumeonmore Farm DUN
490N NR652490 MANSE GLEBE in the NE corner of the manse glebe WELL
489N NR663489 ARDMINISH BAY - 'The Minister's Jetty', W of vehicular ferry slip JETTY
489N NR650489 THE MANSE FARM BUILDINGS AND GARDEN
489N NR649489 ARDMINISH on the knoll E of the telephone exchange and immediately opposite the school CISTS
489N NR648489 NEW CHURCH built on Cnocan a' Chuid, North Ardminish, contains the font from St Cathan's Church
487N NR649487 OLD CHURCH, ARDMINISH built to replace St Cathan's Church, opposite the Gigha Hotel
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484N NR648484 ARDMINISH just inside gate and S of track leading to Brae House CUP-MARKED STONE
483N NR650483 TIGH AN RUBHA 110m SE of Tigh an Rubha HOUSE
482N NR630482 ARDLAMEY CAIRN 2km from main road, SW of Ardlamey farmhouse and rough road
482N NR630482 ARDLAMEY 800m SW of Ardlamey Farmhouse CAIRNS
481N NR643481 OLD PARISH CHURCH in burial ground near Achamore House
481N NR643481 ST CATHAN'S WELL immediately S of St Cathan's Church WELL
481N NR643481 ST CATHAN'S CHAPEL on the road to Keill, 100m past Ardminish Village Hall
481N NR642481 OGHAM STONE not in its original site but now situated on small hill 90m NW of chapel of St. Cathan
481N NR642481 OGHAM STONE, CNOC NA CARRAIGH on a knoll 90m NW of St Cathan's Chapel STANDING STONES
481N NR633481 PORT NAN CUDAINNEAN on headland on the E arm of Port nan Cudainnean QUERN QUARRY
481N NR631481 PORT AN T-SAMHLAICH at the head of a small S facing inlet BAIT HOLES
480N NR650480 NORTH DRUMACHRO on a ledge 400m NE of North Drumachro Farm CISTS
478N NR647478 NORTH DRUMACHRO 50m E of road and 100m W of North Drumachro MOTTE
474N NR638474 ACHAMORE 300m SW of Achamore Farm CHAMBERED CAIRN
474N NR635474 PORT A ' GHARAIDH on a level green patch between areas of outcrop HOUSE AND ENCLOSURE
473N NR638473 MOINEAN SITHEAL - 'The Cailleach' and 'The Bodach' STANDING STONES
472N NR653472 NORTH DRUMACHRO 640m SE of North Drumachro Farm on the edge of cliffs CISTS
467N NR633467 NEAR LEIM FARM STRUCTURE
466N NR643466 NEW QUAY 100m S of Gigalum Cottage, built into a bank on its W side LIME KILN
464N NR642464 TIGH CREAGACH (COAL DEPOT) HOUSE WITH LATER RE-USE
456N NR639456 UAMH MHOR caves on old coastline CAVES
456N NR633456 THE SPOUTING CAVE natural phenomenon, sea water forced through cleft making loud roar, particularly in a NW wind
456N NR633456 PORT MOR on a natural knoll about 20m above the beach overlooking Gigalum DUN
443N NR641443 CHAPEL, CARA immediately to the E of Cara House
This list was compiled in August 2003 by Duncan Mc Arthur with much help from Bobby Duncan, Alistair MacKinley, Chris Blair, RAF Atlantic House, RAF Machrihanish,
CAA Atlantic House and Campbeltown Registry Office and many thanks must also go to Alan Leishman of Ardrossan who must have spent hours in Edinburgh researching the
various incidents.
ANSON (October 25, 1943) - This aircraft was from Llandwrog - NR607106 - The aircraft crashed with the loss of all crew near Strone farm in Southend parish - The
Crew were - Richard Blewett, Pilot Officer, single, aged 24 yrs, RAF; George Charles McKenzie, Navigator, aged 20 yrs, RCAF; Dennis Henry Brewer, Flt Lt, aged 34 yrs,
RAF; Peter Jackson, Sgt, air gunner, W/O, single, aged 22 yrs, RAF and Kenneth Ellis, Sgt air gunner, W/O, single, aged 21yrs, RAF - Death certificates were obtained
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as confirmation. All are buried in Kilkerran Cemetery. Possibly wreckage remains although may be deeply embedded in bog as the aircraft power dived into the ground.
Aircraft remained undiscovered for several days. Wreckage still on site May 2005
ALBACORE - NR719187 - (this was also reported as a Swordfish) - This aircraft is said to have crashed below the goat on Ben Ghuilean. Aircraft pieces were found on
the east side of the burn in what is now forestry. Part of the cockpit instrument panel (minus instruments) was found in 1956. No other details known at present.
ALBACORE (L7 109) - This aircraft crashed just off Shiskine on Arran September 8, 1942. One crew-member was known to have died. He was Ross Wilson of 766
Squadron and is buried in Kilkerran cemetery. Ross was Canadian and is mentioned in their Roll of Honour.
AVENGER (FN 867) {Registration may be FN804} May 28, 1944. 2 miles north-west of Carradale - NR810395 - Crashed whilst using bombing range at Skipness. 4
Crew were killed. Site reported to be slightly left of forest track from Auchensavil to summit of Cnoc nan Gabhar. The crew were E.W Gallant, Mec.; A.G.Winder, Ldn
Aircraftman; R.E. Lord, Sub/Lt; R.T.J Thwaites, Sub/Lt., all RNAF. Parts of this aircraft still remain. Death Certificates obtained as confirmation.
AVENGER (FN 772) July 4, 1944 - NR711257 - This aircraft crashed up near Calliburn farm killing its crew of 2 who were V.S.Curd, Lt., RNZRNVR, Pilot and J.
Jefford, Lt., RNAF. Parts of this aircraft were still embedded in a large hole as late as 1985. The shape of the impact crater in the peat was easily identified including even the
propeller and tail wheel. Death certificates were obtained for confirmation.
AVENGER (FN878) April 11, 1944 2 miles north-east of Carradale Point - This aircraft crashed into the sea at the above location killing both its crew, A.J. Brier, RNAF,
sick berth attendant and A. A. Temple, Sub.Lt., Pilot, RNVR.
BEACHCRAFT TRAVELLER (FT259) December 22, 1944 - NR658292 - This aircraft from 725 Sqn. Eglington crashed in fog in a field on approach to Machrihanish
killing the single pilot. Small pieces of wreckage are possibly remaining in field. Farmer reports he is still ploughing up small pieces. The pilot killed was Lt. Com. Southwell.
This gentleman is buried in Kilkerran cemetery.
BEAUFORT (N1180S) September 2, 1942 - NR598080 - This aircraft crashed above 'The Gap' on The Mull of Kintyre. The crew were killed instantly and included L.
P. Booker, RNZAF, Pilot Officer and T. H. Grasswick, air gunner, W/O; A. A. Haydon, Sgt., RNZAF, Pilot Officer and F.J.B. Griffin, Sgt., RAFVR. The first two men
are buried in Kilkerran cemetery. The aircraft operated from Abbottsinch (HMS Sanderling) (Death certificates obtained for confirmation)
BEAUFIGHTER (LZ156) - NR623063 - This aircraft was from Port Ellen, Islay and crashed on the August 28, 1943. Much is left of this aircraft and although it was
buried there is still a lot of 20mm ammunition lying around this site. The pilot was Ronald Arthur Buckman, aged 25 yrs, of the RAFVR. (Death certificate obtained for
confirmation) Mr Buckman is buried in West Lavington Sussex. The other crewman was T. N. Stockdale, air gunner, W/O, RAF.
BEAUFIGHTER (LZ455) October 30, 1943 - NR614087 - This aircraft from Filton crashed into Beinn Bhreac. All crew were killed. Small pieces still left in the peat
bog. Crew were K. J. Nixon, RAFVR, Pilot, Sgt., RAF and A. B. Solari, Sgt., RAFVR. Wreckage very near to fence at above location, engine mounting deeply embedded in
peat plus other pieces remaining in May 2005.
BLENHEIM (Z6350), (AOS Jurby) December 21, 1941 - NR723425 - This aircraft hit the hill in fog. All crew were killed and were J.E.Orton, pilot; Woodward,
airman; R. S. Cohen, CPL., observer and A. J. Gearing, pilot. Parts still remain apparently. Best way to approach is from the Killean road then southwards. This aircraft was
on its way to Tiree on a training exercise when it ran short of fuel and tried to make a cloud break to land at Machrihanish. It hit the hill and travelled up and along a ridge
before stopping. The engines were removed by the RAF shortly after the crash. Some wreckage still remains.
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FOKKER. F.XXII (HM159) (Sylvia Scarlet) - Escart Bay, near Ghallagain Island - This aircraft caught fire and ditched in West Loch Tarbert about 300yds off a small
Island on the north shore. It is not really a Kintyre aircraft crash but all crew were buried in Kilkerran cemetery. The aircraft was on transit from Tiree to Abbotsinch with 20
passengers some of whom were RAF. It crashed on July 3, 1943 and the known crew were - E. S. Knox, pilot officer, RNZAF; A. Dempster; Rayner; Spenser; Jeffrey;
Straunigan; A. Reid; Carter; Hughes; Bowen; Booker and Gillibrand. Also killed in the crash was Wing Com. B. H. Jones, Station Commander at Abbotsinch and although
Gillibrand was not found or registered locally he was buried with the above in Kilkerran cemetery. Aviation Magazine gives an account of this crash. (Death certificates were
obtained for confirmation)
FIREFLY (Z1804) 24. 6. 1944 - This aircraft crashed in June 1944 off Southend. Both crew were lost, they were Harry Alexander MacKay, Temp Lt., RNZVR, single,
aged 30 yrs and Harry Kenneth Slater, photographer who was single, aged 21 yrs. Harry MacKay is buried in Kilkerran cemetery and cause of death was given as “due to
aircraft crashing into the sea.” Harry Alexander MacKay’s date of death was given as "found on July the 2nd" and Harry Kenneth Slater as "found June 24th". Harry is
mentioned in the N.Z. Roll of Honour. (Death certificates obtained for confirmation).
FULMAR July 7, 1941 - NR716178 - Parts of an aircraft were found ½ mile from High Lossit. Other parts of an aircraft were also found west of Killipole the two may
be related. This aircraft was also reported to be a SEAFIRE. The only occupant was the pilot who survived the crash.
FULMAR (X8571) April 27, 1944 - NR716178 - This is the aircraft that crashed near the Black Loch behind Ben Ghuilean. The crew killed and known were David
Llewllyn Maddock, Sub Lt., RNVR FAA. He was single and aged 20 yrs, buried at Uxbridge and Stanley William Whale, photographer, single, aged 21yrs, RNVR. Both were
of 772 Squadron. (Death certificates were obtained for confirmation) It is possible that some small parts of the aircraft remain in a clearing amidst the forestry .
FULMAR July 7, 1941 - HMS Pegasus launched a Fulmar to check out the sighting of Focke Wulf Condor in the vicinity of The Mull of Kintyre. The Condor chase was
fruitless and after three hours the Fulmar was reported to have crashed into high ground south of Campbeltown. The pilots killed were Lt. T. R V. Parke and crewman Miller. A
point of interest is that the above T. R. V. Parke when flying with 804 Sqdrn near Scapa Flow was credited with the first downing of an enemy aircraft (JU88) whilst flying in a
Martlet (U.S Hellcat). The JU88 crashed on the Orkney mainland. A report was received of a crash on Kerran Hill of a Fulmar. The death certificates of Parke and Miller show
the site of the crash as high ground above Glenahervie Glen, south-east of Campbeltown. (This may be the second crash reported behind Ben Ghuilean)
HUDSON (AE 640) - NR639072 - This aircraft crashed on July 25, 1941 just below the cottage at Feorlin on The Mull of Kintyre lighthouse road. All crew were killed,
the aircraft was being ferried and left Montreal on July 24, 1941 on transit to St. Eval in England. The crew were Fergus Keith Arnold, DFC, Flt. Lt., RCAF. He was attached
to the RAF, married, aged 30 yrs. Wilfred Bratherton, single, aged 21 yrs, radio operator, RCAF and Percy Keast, single, aged 21 yrs, Flt. Sgt.. Death certificates were
obtained as confirmation together with other information. Fergus Keith Arnold has an entry in the Canadian roll of Honour with many details. Percy Keast is buried in
Kilkerran cemetery. The pilot has a citation and Bratherton is also mentioned in the Canadian roll of Honour. (Death certificates were obtained for confirmation) Fergus
Arnold was buried in St. Eval.
HUDSON (FK 780) June 10, 1943 - NR694319 - This aircraft was said to have crashed on a hill at Bellochantuy, near to Putechan Lodge. This may be the same
aircraft the RAF were trying to get out of a bog near this location in 1978 but they failed to do so. All the crew survived the crash.
JUNKERS ???. - A report from the same RAF crew indicated that a Junkers aircraft had crashed high in the hills above Brackley, near Carradale, but is almost inaccessible.
No other details are known other than the aircraft was reported to have been one of those involved in the Clydebank bombing and that it had either suffered mechanical failure
or had lost it’s position
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LIBERATOR (AM 915) BOAC Ferry Command - NR741156 - Arinearch Hill - This aircraft crashed on August 31, 1941 up at the top of Balnabraid Glen on the
eastern shoulder of Achinhoan Hill. Much of this aircraft remained in 1983 and large engine parts were still in the burn near the top of the glen. Parts were lying over a large
area of the hill and various small parts were taken to Rhu Stafnish radio station in 1979 and found to be still working. A Belgium Count was on board this aircraft and a small
case with a crest was shown to the station staff by a couple whom had found it in the burn It was also rumoured that that the aircraft was carrying a box of Radium from the
Marie Curie Labs in Montreal. This was searched for by the RAF for weeks but was never found. The aircraft was lost and was trying to make a cloud break before landing at
Prestwick but thought it was still over the sea. Two of the crew are buried in Kilkerran cemetery, S. Sydenham, W/O, BOAC and E. Taylor, passenger. Other crew were G.
L. Panes, BOAC, pilot; K. Garden, BOAC, pilot; C. Spence, F/E.; S. Pickering, CPT., USN; M. Benjamin, passenger; G. De. B. Le Tour, passenger; R. Mowatt,
passenger; L. Wrangham, Lt. Col. Marine, passenger. A small cross marks the impact site. This aircraft was diverted from Stanley Gate near Blackpool to Prestwick.
MARTINET (MS756) February 17, 1944 - This aircraft crashed in the sea between Kintyre and Arran. The single crew member, George H. Martin, Ldng. Airman was
killed. The aircraft was from 772 Squadron.
MARTLET (this is also been reported as an Avenger) - NR751221 - This aircraft crashed on August 18, 1941 at Lower Smerby farm, near Peninver. One of the crew
was John Morris Down, RNVR, aged 19. (Death certificates obtained for confirmation). John is buried in Kilkerran
SEAFIRE December 14, 1945 - NR672250 - This aircraft is reported to have crashed behind the Smiddy at Kilchenzie with the loss of its single crew member.
SEAFIRE (MB145) January 29, 1944 - Aros Farm - Its pilot was Stuart Ross Cameron, Sub/Lt, RNZVR.
SEAFIRE. Number Unknown. Ditched in sea off Machrihanish Bay on August 1, 1945 - Crashed into sea killing single crewmember, J. D. Griffin, Pet/O, pilot,
RNAF.
SEAFIRE (SW857) - Craigs Farm - The crashed occurred December 14, 1945 killing both crew. One of the crew was Peter Roxburgh Winch, Lt., RNVR, aged 20 yrs.
(Death certificates obtained for confirmation).
SPITFIRE - This aircraft was said to have crashed in Aros Moss. No other details known.
SWORDFISH - This aircraft crashed into Machrihanish Bay on February 17, 1942. The pilot was A. R. Towsln he was eventually rescued by HMS Busirs after 6 hours in a
dingy. Other than he was Australian no other details are known. Parts of this aircraft have been found buried in the sand between Machrihanish and Westport and also up on
the sand dunes.
SWORDFISH - NR661321 - This aircraft crashed December 6, 1943 at Bellochantuy, near Campbeltown, killing both crewmembers Leading Airman Stanley Paige,
RNVR, aged 20 yrs, buried in Croydon and Midshipman Allan Angus Douglas-Matheson, aged 19. Both were married and from 836 Squadron. (Death certificate obtained for
confirmation) The latter is buried in Kilkerran. This aircraft operated out of HMS Shrike (Maydown N.I.)
SWORDFISH (HS448) November 18, 1943 - This aircraft crashed using the bombing range at Crossaig, near Skipness. It crashed on the beach. The crew, all killed,
were R. Hoskin, Sub.Lt., RNAF; J. C. A.. Benstead, Ldn. Airman, RNAF and (?) Cuthbert, Sub/Lt, RNAF.
SWORDFISH (P4215) March 3, 1940 - Machrihanish Airport - This aircraft crashed and exploded after a flying accident. The crew killed were J. Jefford, Lt., RNAF;
J. D. Stern, Lt., RNAF and B. E. H. Stranack, Lt., RNAF.
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WELLINGTON (HX779) February 27, 1943 - NR545770 (near) - This aircraft crashed on the side of Balinakill Hill, near Clachan. Parts of this aircraft can
sometimes be seen in Loch Ciaran, above Clachan, depending on the amount of water in the loch. This aircraft was carrying out a night flare exercise and was attempting to
force land on Loch Cairan which the crew believed was flat land. The aircraft was reported to have impacted at 500ft up the hillside. The crash site was reported to be 600yds
north of the east end of the loch. All crew were killed and their deaths were registered in Kilcomonell Parish. The crew were John Mitton, Flt Sgt, married, aged 25 yrs,
buried in Canada; Donald Frank Sutterly, single, aged 22 yrs, RCAF; William Evans Davis, Flt Sgt, RAF NZ, aged 21yrs, married; Herbert Gordon Brooks, Flt Sgt, RAF,
aged 28 yrs, single and James Michael Wilson, Flt Sgt, RAF, aged 25yrs, married, buried in Edinburgh - Donald Sutterly is mentioned in the Canadian Roll of Honour.
(Death certificates obtained for confirmation).
WELLINGTON (LB137) December 2, 1943 - NR599087 - This aircraft was from Silloth number 6 OTU and crashed on the western slope of Beinn Na Lice on The
Mull of Kintyre killing all crew members. Some parts of this aircraft still remain at the site. The crew were Charles Cliften Cooper, Flt Officer, RAAF, single, aged 25,
navigator; Jeffrey Alfred Duddridge, pilot, married, aged 26 yrs; Harry Oxley Dransfield, pilot, single, aged 21 yrs, who is buried in Somerset; Francis Victor Sutter, air
gunner, W/O, married, aged 25 yrs, RAAF; Reginald Francis Canavan, Flt Sgt, air gunner, W/O, single, aged 25 yrs, RAAF and Robert John Wardrope, Flt Sgt, air
gunner, W/O, single, aged 24, RAAF.
Pilot Officer Alfred Duddridge is buried in Sheffield. Cannavan, Sutter, Cooper and Wardrope are buried in Kilkeran cemetery. Reports were that the crash site was at the car
park on the Mull as pieces of wreckage were found at this location however local knowledge holds that this wreckage was dragged from the crash site by local scrap dealers
before being chased by the Police. Australian Roll of Honour shows entries for Canavan , Sutter and Cooper. (Death certificates obtained for confirmation). The site was
confirmed in May 2005 with many pieces of wreckage still remaining with 285 identification marks.
WELLINGTON (HX420) February 17, 1943 - NR731291 - This aircraft crashed on Earsach Hill, above the Lussa Glen. Not much is known but not all the crew died
in the crash. The survivors arrived at Drumgrave farm and were taken to hospital. Hopefully more details will be found soon. Some of this wreck still remains on the hill just
below the cairn. Large amounts of ammunition are also on the site. The crash site is very difficult to get to owing to the amount of trees planted below the summit. The crew
that are known to have died were J. Pool, pilot (died later from injuries), buried in Cheshire and Sgt Hoyle, navigator, buried in Leeds
WHITLEY (P5041) January 23, 1941 - NR598094 - This aircraft crashed on The Mull of Kintyre. Little is known of the crash. Wreckage is scattered near a burn north
of a later-crashed Neptune. It was reported that some of the wreckage of this aircraft is intermingled with the Neptune owing to the severity of both impacts. The crew were A.
P. Buckley, F/O, RAF, pilot; P. L. Billing, F/Lt., RAF; D. J. P. Bradley, ACM.; A. R. Hooker, Sgt. and H. Pilling, Sgt.. Most of the wreckage consists of small parts at the
impact site however large immovable parts are imbedded in the banks of the stream including undercarriage parts etc. The aircraft is reported as having a full bomb-load which
exploded on impact. The state of the wreckage bears this out. The aircraft also caught fire, again evident from the wreckage. Well up the stream from this site lies additional
wreckage from the later-crashed Neptune.
Most recently, on June 2, 1994, the CHINOOK HELICOPTER ZD576 crashed on the hillside above The Mull of Kintyre lighthouse - All four of its crew, F/LT
Johnathan Tapper, F/LT Richard Cook, M/SGT Graham Forbes and SGT Kevin Hardie and all 25 of the aircraft's passengers were killed, a memorial cairn now erected near
the site of the crash, a 145-page long 'Computer Weekly' report online at http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/06/chinook-zd576-a-rare-if-unique.html
Read more online in the 400+ page long "Kintyre At War : 1939 - 1945"
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