Kilchoan
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Kilchoan (Template:Langx)[1] is a village on the Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, beside the Sound of Mull in Lochaber, Highland. It is the most westerly village in mainland Britain,[2] although several tiny hamlets lie further west on the peninsula (of these, the most westerly is called Portuairk). The western linear, coastal parts of the village are Ormsaigmore and Ormsaigbeg.
Kilchoan has a population of about 150 people.[3]
History
M.E.M. Donaldson equates "Buarblaig" (now Bourblaige about Script error: No such module "convert". east of Kilchoan on the other side of the eastern mountain of Ben Hiant at Script error: No such module "convert"., Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".[4]) with Muribulg, where the Annals of Tigernach record a battle between the Picts and Dalriads in 731 AD.[5] It may also be the 'Muirbole Paradisi' mentioned by Adomnán.[4]
For many years following the 1688 overthrow and exile of the House of Stuart, the historic parish church at Kilchoan, which was dedicated to Saint Comgan and which is now in ruins,[6][7] was a Non-juring Episcopal parish within the Church of Scotland.
Landmarks
The ancient Mingary Castle is on the coast about 1 km east of the village.
Examples of a type of igneous rock structure called a cone sheet are found at Kilchoan.
Below the slope north-west of the village street is a chambered cairn, Greadal Fhinn.[4]
Ben Hiant is the highest point of the peninsula at 528 m and lies between the village and the coastal hamlet of Ardslignish.[8]
Tourism and amenities
Transport
A regular CalMac ferry service runs from Kilchoan to Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. To and from the regional centre of Fort William, one bus per day Monday to Saturday connects with the ferry via Salen and the Corran FerryTemplate:Refn
Kilchoan Bay
Kilchoan Bay has four visitor moorings, a ferry jetty, a shop with a post office,Template:Refn showers and a petrol station.
Hospitality
The Kilchoan House Hotel is now the most westerly bar/hotel on the mainland of the UK, after the closure of Sonachan Hotel.
Ardnamurchan Campsite, Kilchoan.Template:Refn
Geology
The minerals kilchoanite, dellaite and rustumite were first found at Kilchoan. A natural history museum is adjacent to the hamlet to the east at the coastal hamlet of Glenmore.[9]
Notable residents
- Hamza Yassin, cameraman and Strictly Come Dancing champion.[10]
Notes and references
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- ↑ Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics: Data Zone S01003739Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Kilchoan forms an imprecise division no more than 5% of the land and has no more than a third of the population of this area, 541 people.
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- ↑ Highland Historic Environmental Record: Cemetery - Kilchoan Old Parish Church
- ↑ Clan MacIain - History of Ardnamurchan, St. Chomghan's Church, Update October 21, 2014.
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