Kilmory, Knapdale Explained

Official Name:Kilmory
Gaelic Name:Cill Mhoire
Static Image Name:Kilmory - geograph.org.uk - 1315040.jpg
Static Image Caption:Kilmory viewed from the north, 2009
Country:Scotland
Map Type:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9139°N -5.6771°W
Civil Parish:South Knapdale
Unitary Scotland:Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy Scotland:Argyll and Bute
Constituency Westminster:Argyll and Bute
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Argyll and Bute

Kilmory (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhoire) is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Knapdale, on Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated near the mouth of Loch Sween on its southern shores. In 1961 it had a population of 81.[1]

Kilmory Knap Chapel, located around northeast of Kilmory Beach, dates to the 13th century.[2]

Three schools, established by the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge (SSPCK), existed here in the 19th century.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kilmory Details. Gazetteer for Scotland. 27 May 2022.
  2. Web site: Kilmory Knap Chapel. Historic Scotland. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190956/http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_183. 3 March 2016.
  3. A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2, John Gorton (1833), p. 494