Kingarth
Kingarth is a historic village and parish on the Isle of Bute, off the coast of south-western Scotland. The village is within the parish of its own name, and is situated at the junction of the A844 and B881.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ceann Garaidh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Stuart House and Dunagoil.
Mount Stuart House
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Stuart House, on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland, is a country house built in the Gothic Revival style and the ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bute. Mount Stuart House is situated 2 miles north of Kingarth.
Dunagoil
Archaeological site
Dunagoil is a vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute – an Iron Age hill fort whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat. It stands on a volcanic headland and gives its name to the bay that it overlooks. Dunagoil is situated 2 miles south of Kingarth.
St Blane’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Blane’s Chapel is a church, which is situated 2 miles south of Kingarth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilchattan Bay and Millport.
Kilchattan Bay
Village
Photo: Andrew Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilchattan Bay is a village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It lies on the island's southern end, along the coast road at the foot of a steep hill called the Suidhe Chattan which shields the village from the prevailing westerly wind.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
Ascog
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ascog is a small village on the Isle of Bute, within Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kingarth, and is situated on the A844. Ascog is situated 4½ miles north of Kingarth.
Kingarth
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.76282° or 55° 45′ 46″ northLongitude
-5.03896° or 5° 2′ 20″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C7PQX76+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 291058235OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Kingarth” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kingarth”
- Dutch: “Kingarth”
- French: “Kingarth”
- Irish: “Ceann a‘ Gharaidh”
- Irish: “Ceann a’ Gharaidh”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kingarth”. Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.