Kilmun
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Kilmun Scottish Gaelic Cille Mhunna |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 381 (1971 census) | ||
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| Post town | DUNOON | ||
| ZIP code section | PA23 | ||
| prefix | 01369 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Kilmun ( Gaelic : Cille Mhunna ) is a small town on the Scottish Cowal Peninsula in the Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is located on the north bank of Holy Loch , a side bay of the Firth of Clyde about four kilometers north of Dunoon and twelve kilometers west of Helensburgh .
history
Around the year 600, St. Munnu built a church on the site of the present day town. The church after which Kilmun is named was dedicated to Saint Columban . In the 13th century, the Paisley monks received land in the area and also took over the church. A new church building was built in the 15th century. In the 19th century Kilmun had developed further and various villas, a post office and a hotel had been built there. In 1971 there were 381 inhabitants in Kilmun. This means that the population has not changed significantly in a hundred years. In more recent census data, Kilmun is combined with the neighboring Strone . A total of 891 people lived there in 1991.
Attractions
In Kilmun there are two monuments from the highest Scottish monument category A. The Old Kilmun House is in a prominent position beyond the cemetery. It dates back to the early 18th century and was the seat of a laird from the Campbell clan . The St Munn's Parish Church was built after the demolition of a previous building in 1841 in the 1840s. The old trees in Kilmun are remarkable, including an old sequoia tree and the Kilmun Arboretum , a forest botanical garden, in the north-west of the town.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b information. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ Kilmun. Argyll and Bute. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Kilmun. 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. 382 .
