Campbeltown Loch is a small sea loch near the south of the KintyrePeninsula facing eastwards towards the Firth of Clyde. The town of Campbeltown, from which it takes its name, is located at its head. The island of Davaar is located in the loch, and can be reach by foot along a natural shingle causeway at low tide.
The loch is immortalised in the folk song of the same name. In the song (see below) the writer expresses his desire that the loch be full of whisky. The reason being that Campbeltown was originally a centre of whisky distilling, but that the price of whisky in the town was too high.
CAMPBELTOWN, a royal, municipal and police burgh, and seaport of Argyllshire, Scotland.
Near the village of Southend is Machrireoch, the duke of Argyll's shooting-lodge, an old structure modernized, commanding superb views of the Firth of Clyde and its islands, and of Ireland.
Campbeltown unites with Ayr, Inveraray, Irvine and Oban in sending one member (for the "Ayr Burghs") to parliament.
It is attractively situated on the shores of the sheltered anchorage of CampbeltownLoch, near the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula.
Campbeltown Cross - Prominently situated on an attractively laid-out roundabout in the centre of the town is the Campbeltown Cross, a tall, slender Celtic cross thought to date from the late 14th century.
Campbeltown Museum and Cinema - The town's library and museum in Hall Street houses a fascinating selection of archaeological exhibits; on the outside are carved panels portraying past and present occupations in the town - coal mining, fishing, shipbuilding, flax, education, distilling, cooperage and construction.
Feeds |
Contact