Kilchattan Bay
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village on Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kilchattan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Blane’s Chapel and Dunagoil.
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.
Glencallum Bay Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: James T M Towill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glencallum Bay Lighthouse is a lighthouse on a point on the northernmost side of Glencallum Bay on the Isle of Bute. Its Gaelic name is the Rubh' An Eun which means the point of the birds. Glencallum Bay Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kilchattan Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millport and Ascog.
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 5 miles north of Kilchattan Bay.
Isle of Bute
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Isle of Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of Scotland. Rothesay is the main town. It is part of the "Costa Clyde" or "Glasgow Riviera", the string of little resorts stretching down the Clyde coast from Gourock through Ayr to Girvan.
Kilchattan Bay
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.7504° or 55° 45′ 1″ northLongitude
-5.02409° or 5° 1′ 27″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C7PQX2G+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 291058222OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Kilchattan Bay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kilchattan Bay”
- Cebuano: “Kilchattan Bay”
- Dutch: “Kilchattan Bay”
- French: “Kilchattan Bay”
- Swedish: “Kilchattan Bay”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilchattan Bay Post Office and Suidhe Chatain.
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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 “Kilchattan Bay”. Photo: Andrew Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.