Kames Bay

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Kames Bay
View over Kames Bay

View over Kames Bay

Waters Kyles of Bute
Land mass Isle of Bute
Geographical location 55 ° 51 '57 "  N , 5 ° 4' 35"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '57 "  N , 5 ° 4' 35"  W.
Kames Bay (Scotland)
Kames Bay
width approx. 1.8 km
depth approx. 1.2 km

The Kames Bay is a bay on the east coast of the Scottish island of Bute . The bay is on the Kyles of Bute Strait , which separates Bute from the Cowal Peninsula on mainland Scotland. Ardbeg Point delimits Kames Bay in the south from the neighboring Rothesay Bay . In the north it ends at Undraynian Point . The Cape Ardyne Point is located across from her at Cowal. Port Bannatyne and parts of Ardbeg are on the south coast of Kames Bay . The 1800 m wide bay cuts a maximum of 1200 m into the island.

Kames Castle and the residential tower Wester Kames Castle have been located near the head of the bay since the 16th century . These acted as the headquarters of the Bannatynes ​​of Kames . In Port Bannatyne, two jetties were built in the 19th century, where both passenger and cargo ships could dock.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kames Bay. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ Entry on Kames Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Kames. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, pp. 336-337 .
  4. ↑ Entry on Steamer Pier  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on Quay  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database

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