The Royal Burgh of Campbeltown is a burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran (Eng: The head of the loch by the kirk of St Kieran). It was renamed in the seventeenth century and became an important centre for shipbuilding and whisky, and a busy fishing port. A Royal Burgh is a type of Scottish burgh (town or city), used today for ceremonial purposes only. ... A sign in Linlithgow, Scotland. ... Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Campbeltown Loch is a small sea loch near the south of the Kintyre Peninsula facing eastwards towards the Firth of Clyde. ... Kintyre shown within Argyll Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland in the south-west of Argyll. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... View across Loch Lomond, towards Ben Lomond. ... Kirk can mean church in general or The Church of Scotland in particular. ... ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... Scotch whisky Whisky (or whiskey) (from Irish uisce beatha and/or Scottish Gaelic uisge baugh, both meaning water of life, and ultimately a calque derived from Latin Aqua Vitae (see below)) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ...

Whisky

Campbeltown is one of the handful of areas in Scotland categorised as a distinct whisky producing region, and is home to the Campbeltown Single Malts, at one point having thirty-four distilleries and proclaiming itself "the whisky capital of the world". However, many of these whiskies were of rather poor quality and have disappeared. Today only three active distilleries remain in Campbeltown, which have, or in one case is expected to have, an excellent reputation for their quality. Campbeltown Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies distilled in the burgh of Campbeltown, Scotland, on the Kintyre penninsula. ... Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ...

The well known folk song titled Campbeltown Loch, I wish you were whisky is based on the town's history in this industry. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ...

Culture

Apart from the distilleries, Campbeltown boasts a museum and a heritage centre. The museum has a varied collection of items from Campbeltown's past, and prehistoric items excavated from sites around Kintyre, such as axeheads, jewellery and combs. The 19th century building also houses the library and has plaques or exhibits related to famous Kintyre people: for example, William McTaggart and William Mackinnon. Near the museum is the Wee Picture House, a small but distinctive art deco cinema dating from 1913 and believed to be the oldest surviving purpose-built cinema in Scotland. These buildings are on the waterfront, as is a fourteenth century Celtic cross. Saint Kieran lived in this area before the town existed. A cave named for him can be visited at low tide, as can the cave on nearby Davaar Island where pilgrims and tourists go to see a 19th century crucifixion painting. The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ... A heritage center is a museum facility primarily dedicated to the presentation of historical and cultural information about a place and its people, including, to some degree, natural features. ... Through Wind and Rain, 1875, The McManus Galleries, Dundee. ... Sir William Mackinnon (13 March 1823 - 22 June 1893) was a Scottish ship-owner and businessman who built up substantial commercial interests in India and East Africa. ... Asheville City Hall. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... A Celtic cross For Celtic Cross, the ambient/dub band see Celtic Cross (band) A Celtic cross combines the cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. ... Saint Ciaran (or Kieran) was an early Irish bishop. ...

Transport

Davaar Island at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch, by Malcolm McFadyen

Ferries originally sailed from Campbeltown to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland, but the service was suspended in June 2002 until further notice. Davaar Island can be reached on foot at low tide. Campbeltown Airport lies near the burgh. Campbeltown has been linked to Machrihanish by a canal (1794-mid 1880s) that was superseded by the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway that closed in 1932. Due to the town's isolated location near the far end of a long peninsula, in many ways it resembles sizable communities on the islands of the Inner Hebrides in that transport by sea is particularly important, although nonetheless it is linked to the rest of Scotland by a long minor road. Image File history File linksMetadata Davaar_Island. ... Ballycastle (Baile an Chaistil in Irish) is a small town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ... Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Davaar Island is located at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ... This article is about tides in the ocean. ... Cambeltown Airport is located three miles from the town of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. ... Machrihanish is a village in Scotland (Argyll and Bute). ... The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between the towns of Campbeltown and Machrihanish. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ...

Language

Campbeltown is traditionally one of the few communities in the Scottish highlands where the Scots language has predominated, rather than the previously widespread Scottish Gaelic language. This was due to the plantation of lowland merchants to the burgh in the Middle Ages. Today the English language, in the form of the Scottish English dialect, is the predominant language in the town. The Scottish Highlands are the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ... Scots or Lallans (Eng: Lowlands), sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic language of the Highlands, is a West Germanic language used in Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Today, a plantation is a place where people plant things, usually botanics. ... The Scottish Lowlands, although not officially a geographical area of the country, in normal usage is generally meant to include those parts of Scotland not referred to as the Highlands (or Gàidhealtachd), that is, everywhere due south and east of a line (the Highland Boundary Fault) between Stonehaven and... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Scottish English is taken by some to include Scots and by others to exclude it. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...

North Carolina

Fayetteville, North Carolina was originally called Campbeltown. It was established by settlers from Campbeltown, Argyll. The name was later changed in honor of LaFayette. Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Raleigh Charlotte Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 28th 139,509 km² 805 km 240 km 9. ... Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Lafayette or La Fayette is the name of several places in the United States of America, generally named for the French hero of the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette (sometimes referred to as the Marquis de la Fayette), as are most places named Fayette, or Fayetteville: La Fayette, Alabama...

See also

• HMS Campbeltown for the two Royal Navy ships named after the town.
• John Fleming born in the town.

There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Campbeltown, after Campbeltown in Scotland: The first Campbeltown (I42), was a destroyer given to the Royal Navy by the United States Navy as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources, so as to avoid it being considered...

External links

• Map sources for Campbeltown

• Campbeltown Website

• The Kintyre Forum