Scotland > 1837 - Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory for the whole of Scotland and of the Isle of Man

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KILMUN, &c.
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GRAZIERS— Con ^mued.
Clark Robert, Blarmore
Harvey Peter, Barnacaber
M*Gibboii Jainef!, Ardiiabine
Turner John Campbell, Iniiish-
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LODGING HOUSES.
Aberdeen Kobert, Kilinnn
Anderson Mary, Kilniuii
Cameron Mrs. Kilmun
Ritchie Isabella, Kilmim
Solomon Jesse. Kilmnn
Wilson Agues,' Kilmun
VINTNERS.
Douglass Duncan, Kihnun
Jenkins William, Ardintennie
M'CoU Hugh, Orchard
M'Muitrie Adam, Kilmun Inn
Taylor James, Whisilefield
SHOPKEEPERS Sc TRADERS.
The names without address arein Ki lmu N
Brown Donald, shoemaker
Cameron Benjamin, joiner
M'CoU Dngald, shoemaker
Mack Joseph, liuilder
M'Lachlan John, shoemaker
M'Millan Duncan, smith
M'Millan John, smith, Cardyhonse
Weir Adam, ferryman [school
Weir John, master of parochial
Weir J no. Campbell, haker,grocer,&c.
Wilson Agnes, general dealer
COACH.
ToSTRACHUR, a CoacA, trom the RUi.
mun Inn, every moniing(Sun. exceptet^
at ten in summer, from whence passeg^
gers & goods are forwarded to Inverary.
CARRIERS.
To 8TRACHUR, Archibald Ferguson
and Duncan Currie, every Friday.
CONVEYANCE BY
tVATER.
STEAM PACKETS.
To GLASGOW, calling at Dunook,
GouBOCK, Greenock, &c. the Marl
Grey, Kilmun, and Express, each once
everyday (Sunday excepted) in summer,
and the Earl Grty, at two, in winter.
LOCHGILPHEAD, ARDRISSAIG, BELLANACH,
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KILMARTIN, KILMICHAEL AND NEIGHBOURHOODS.
_jOCHGILPHEAD is a post village, pleasantly
situate at the northern extremity of Loch Gilp, fiom
which it derives its name. It is 125 miles west of
Edinburgh, 53 north of Campbeltown, 24 south-west
of Inverary, and 15 north of Tarbert. The town is
of recent erection, its site containing only two or
three fishermen's huts at the commencement of the
present century ; it now consists of several well
formed streets, the foot-paths of which are well
flngged, moie so than any other town in the county ;
and the inhabitants are plentifully supplied with water,
conveyed by pipes into each of the principal streets,
from two fountains, on the north side of the town.
A court is held here on the first Tuesday in every
month, for the recovery of debts not exceeding JE5.
Lochgilphead is rapidly improving; in front of the
main street a part ot the Loch has been walled oif, and
a new piece of ground made for the convenience of the
large cattle fairs or markets. A new level road is also
■formed to Lochgear, a distance of eiuht miles, which
is of essential service, as it avoids the hills that ob-
structed the road from Lochgilphead to Inverary.
The principal employment of the ii\habitants is agri-
culture and fishing. A little above the town is Loch-
gilphead distillery, and about halfway to Ardiissaig,
on the south bank of the canal, is Glengilp distillery ;
there is also another at Glenmore, situate at a con-
siderable distance to the north of Lochgilphead.
Behind the town runs a small stream, which supplies
a dye-house, and gives motion to two or thiee mills.
On the Kilmoiy side of the town is a quay for the
Accommodation of the small craft engaeed in the
herring fishery, A parliamentary church was erected,
at the head of Argyle-street, in 1827-8, and in 1834
galleries were added ; there is also an independent
chapel in the same street, and a secession ineeting-
liouse near Colchester-square. Several respectable
private schools are in the town, and a parochial one a
little to the north of it. Within half a mile to the west
stands 'Oaikfield,' the residence of Alexander Camp-
bell, Esq.: a mile to the south-east is ' Kilmory
House,' the seat and pioperty of Sir John Poulett
Orde, Bart, who has almost entirely rebuilt the man-
sion house, on an extensive scale, in the old English
style, under the superintendence of Mr. J, G, Davis,
of London; the house, surrounded with its vvell
wooded eronnds, forms a conspicuous and interesting
feature in the landscape from all parts of the loch,
especially from Ardrissaig, which is directly opposite.
Ten miles north-west is * Duntroon l'a>itle,' the pro-
perty and occasional residence of Neill ftlalcolni, Esq.
of Poltalloch, who possesses extensive demesnes in
this part of tiie county, and who has, during the last
thirty yeais, converted above two thousand acres of
soft peat moss on his estate, at the head of Loch Cre-
nan, about two miles from the castle, into excellent
corn and grasiing land, undtr ihe judicious nianage-
ment of his farm overseer, Mr. James Gow. The
farm is very appropriately called ' Experiment.' The
fairs are held on the third Thursday in March, for
horses ; on the second Wednesday and Thursday after
the 26th of Mav, for black cattle and hiring servants ;
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on the last Thursday in September, and the second
Wednesday and Thursday in November, for black
cattle; and on the second Thursday after the last
Thursday in November, for horses and hiring servants.
A prize show of cattle, horses, sheep, &c. takes place
about the latter end of September. The population,
in 1836, was 1 ,438.
Ardrissaig, two miles south, contains about four
hundred inhabitants, who are chiefly engaged in fish-
ing and providing accommodations for the numerous
steam-packet passengers calling here, for whom ex-
cellent arrangements are made, almost every house
being provided with one or more beds for their recep-
tion ; and several of the lodging-houses are ot a
respectable order. 'J'his place may be said to be the
port to Lochgilphead. In addition to a protective pier
of four hundred yards in length, with a small light-
house at its extremity, a commodious pier and .slip
within the harbour, which will have a depth of seven
feet at low water, is now in the course of erection
by the government commi^isioners of Ihe Crinan
canal, which commences here, and extends to Loch
Crinan, a distance of nine miles ; obviating a boisterous
voyage of forty leagues round the Mull ofKintyre.
Steam packets pass the canal on their way from Glas-
gow to all parts of the western coast, and by thie
Caledonian canal to Inveniess.
Bellanach is a small village, about six miles west
of Lochgilphead, situate in a glen on the southern
bank of the Crinan canal, which here forms a fine
triangular sheet of water, and leiminates at Crinau,
about a mile further west. The village contains a
sub-post office, and a parochial school.
KiLMARTiN, a small village nearly nine miles north
of Lochgilphead, contains a comfortable inn, a paro-
chial school, and a parish church, the latter completed
in 1836. About half a mile north, amidst beautiful
scenery, is * Kilmartin House,' the commodious man-
sion of Neill Malcolm, Jun. Esq. of Poltalloch ; and
about half a mile up the valley, to the north, is seen
the beautiful ruins of Carnazarie Castle, formerly the
residence of the bishops of Argyle. Eleven miles west
of Kilmartin, by a very circuitous road, is ' Craignish
Castle,' the residence ofColin Campbell, Esq. of Jura.
The fairs are held on the first Thursday in March, for
horses, aud the fourth Thursday in November, for
horses and hiring servants.
KiLMicHAEL (or Glassury , as it was foimerly
called), is a parish, situate betwixt the sound of Jura
and Loch Eyne, four miles north-west of Kilmartin.
The farm of Balliemore, in this parish, is worthy of
mention, as having been changed into fine corn land
from a wilderness, during the last five years, by Mr.
James Cringnn, the spirited occupier. Between Kil-
raichael and Kilmartin there are numerous druidical
remains. Two large and much frequented fairs are
held here annually, at which from seven to eiKht
thousand head of black cattle are ainerally exposed
for sale, namely, on the last Wednesday in May,
which is also for horses and sheep, and the lastTues-
day before the last Wednesday in October, at both of
which fairs the hiring of servants lakes plaie.