Kennacraig
Kennacraig is a hamlet situated on West Loch Tarbert, a five miles southwest of Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute, in the west of Scotland.Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dùn a’ Choin Duibh and Dunmore House.
Dùn a’ Choin Duibh
Archaeological site
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dùn a' Choin Duibh is a hillfort located near Torinturk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. According to the local shanachies, the fort is named after a black wolfhound which was half wolf, which defended the fort. Dùn a’ Choin Duibh is situated 2 miles northwest of Kennacraig.
Dunmore House
Building
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore House is a building, which is situated 2 miles west of Kennacraig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehouse and Torinturk.
Whitehouse
Hamlet
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehouse is a hamlet on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located around 5.5 miles southwest of Tarbert and around 25 miles north of Campbeltown.
Torinturk
Hamlet
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed. Torinturk is situated 1½ miles northwest of Kennacraig.
Ardpatrick
Hamlet
Photo: Lambert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardpatrick is a village at the southwestern extremity of the Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland. The village is built along the north western shore of West Loch Tarbert. Ardpatrick is situated 5 miles west of Kennacraig.
Kennacraig
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.80044° or 55° 48′ 2″ northLongitude
-5.47364° or 5° 28′ 25″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KCGOpen location code
9C7PRG2G+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 10861378485OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7114404Wikidata ID
Q3112023
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Kennacraig” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kennacraig”
- Breton: “Ceann na Creige”
- Breton: “Kennacraig”
- Dutch: “Kennacraig”
- French: “Kennacraig”
- Irish: “Ceann na Creige, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd”
- Irish: “Ceann na Creige”
- Japanese: “ケナクレイグ”
- Persian: “کناکریگ”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann na Creige”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kennacraig”
- Swedish: “Kennacraig”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean Ceann na Creige and Kintyre, Whitehouse, Millbrae Plantations, War Memorial.
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