Kintyre - Towns and villages in Kintyre, Transport, Places of historic interest, Prehistoric sites, Associated Peerage Titles

Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, SWC Scotland, UK; bounded by the North Channel and the Atlantic Ocean (W) and the Firth of Clyde (E); runs S to the Mull of Kintyre from a narrow isthmus; 64 km/40 mi long; average width 13 km/8 mi; chief town, Campbeltown.

Kintyre (Ceann Tìre in Gaelic) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the south-west of Argyll and Bute.

Geographically, the Kintyre peninsula is long and narrow, at no point more than 11 miles (18 km) from west coast to east coast.

Towns and villages in Kintyre

Bellochantuy, Campbeltown, Carradale, Clachan, Claonaig, Drumlemble, Glenbarr, Grogport, Kilchenzie, Machrihanish, Muasdale, Peninver, Saddell, Skipness, Southend, Stewarton, Tayinloan, Tarbert, and Whitehouse.

Transport

Information on all forms of public transport is available from Traveline Scotland

Bus & coach services

Long distance coach services to and from Glasgow are operated by Scottish Citylink Bus services throughout the Kintyre peninsula are operated by West Coast Motors

Flights

Available between Glasgow International Airport and Campbeltown Airport

Ferry services

Operated by Caledonian MacBrayne on the following routes: Campbeltown - Ballycastle (currently suspended) Claonaig - Lochranza (in Summer) Kennacraig - Islay Tarbert - Lochranza (in Winter) Tarbert - Portavadie Tayinloan - Gigha Other operators Campbeltown - Troon (starting May 2006)

Places of historic interest

Clachan Church - carved medieval grave slabs Kilchenzie church Kilchousland Chapel, near Peninver Kilcomkill, Southend - St Columba's Chapel, carved grave slabs, "St. Columba's footprints" nearby Killean - St. John's Church - "most important medieval parish church in Kintyre" - carved grave slabs 18th century Killean and Kilchenzie Church (united parish) at A'Chleit Saddell Abbey Saddell Castle Skipness Castle Tarbert Castle

Prehistoric sites

Ballochroy standing stones Beachairr standing stone, near Killean Corriechrevie cairn - intact Dun Skeig - Iron Age forts near Clachan Kildonan galleried dun A crag near the chapel of Keil and St. Columba's Well, between Dunaverty Bay and Carskey in Kintyre, has two footprints carved at a place where St. Columba is reputed to have first set foot in Dalriada, Scotland.

Associated Peerage Titles

Duke of Kintyre (extinct) Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne (subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll)

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