Kilchiaran
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Kilchiaran Scottish Gaelic Cill Chiarain |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 45 ′ N , 6 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF ISLAY | ||
| ZIP code section | PA46 | ||
| prefix | 01496 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Kilchiaran ( Gaelic : Cill Chiarain ) is a hamlet on the west coast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . The village is located on the Rhinns of Islay peninsula a few hundred meters from a small bay in the Atlantic Ocean known as Kilchiaran Bay , into which a small stream flows through the settlement. Port Charlotte and Portnahaven , the most important settlements on the Rhinns of Islay, are four kilometers east and eight kilometers south, respectively.
Kilchiaran can be reached via a single-lane road that leads from Portnahaven along the west coast to Kilchiaran and from there runs east to Port Charlotte. In Kilchiaran are in the Georgian style built Kilchiaran Farmhouse , the associated stables and the medieval St. Ciaran's Chapel three listed buildings and groups of buildings.
The cup stone ( English Cup marked stone ) of Kilchiaran lies above the place, near the ruins of the St. Ciaran's Chapel . The 1.7 m × 0.98 m plate with a maximum thickness of 0.15 m has at least 19 bowls with a diameter of up to 110 mm and a depth of 40 mm.
