Kilmacolm

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Kilmacolm
Scottish Gaelic Cille Mhaol Chaluim
View over Kilmacolm
View over Kilmacolm
Coordinates 55 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 38 ′  W
Kilmacolm (Scotland)
Kilmacolm
Kilmacolm
Residents 3986 2011 census
administration
Post town KILMACOLM
ZIP code section PA13
prefix 01505
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Inverclyde
British Parliament Inverclyde
Scottish Parliament Renfrewshire North and West

Kilmacolm ( Gaelic : Cille Mhaol Chaluim ) is a town in the Scottish Council Area Inverclyde . It has existed since the 7th or 8th century. In 2011 there were 3986 inhabitants in Kilmacolm.

geography

The city is on the eastern border of Inverclyde and Renfrewshire . It is located about twelve kilometers southeast of Greenock and northwest of Paisley . Kilmacolm is the capital of the parish of the same name . The Gryfe Water , the main tributary of the Black Cart Water , touches the city in the southwest

traffic

Kilmacolm is on the A761 , which runs from the A8 in Greenock to the M8 in southwest Glasgow . In 1869 the city was connected to the railway network with its own train station. This was served by the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway of the Glasgow and South Western Railway . Later, Kilmacolm was the terminus of the Paisley Canal Line , which closed in 1983. Today Kilmacolm no longer has its own train station. With the Glasgow Airport is an international airport located in twelve kilometers away.

Attractions

St Columba's Church

In Kilmacolm and the surrounding area there are three monuments from the highest monument category A. A motte was built in the 12th century , which was replaced by the Duchal Castle in the 13th century . The Duchal House , now a Category A monument, dates back to 1768. The parish church of St Columba's Church dates from 1902. It was built in neo-Gothic style to a design by the important architect William Leiper . Construction work on Villa Windyhill was completed a year earlier . The building, created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh , shows stylistic details of the Arts and Crafts movement .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c Kilmacolm. Inverclyde. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ 2011 census
  4. ↑ a b Kilmacolm. 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, p. 369
  5. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Entry on Duchal House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  8. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  9. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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