Port Bannatyne

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Port Bannatyne
Scottish Gaelic Port MhicEamailinn
Buildings in Port Bannatyne
Buildings in Port Bannatyne
Coordinates 55 ° 52 ′  N , 5 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′  N , 5 ° 5 ′  W
Port Bannatyne (Scotland)
Port Bannatyne
Port Bannatyne
Residents 1210 2011 census
administration
Post town ISLE OF BUTE
ZIP code section PA20
prefix 01700
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Argyll and Bute
British Parliament Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament Argyll and Bute

Port Bannatyne , also outdated Kamesburgh , Gaelic : Port MhicEamailinn , is a village on the Scottish island of Bute in the Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is located on the east coast of the island on the shores of Kames Bay about three kilometers northwest of Rothesay , the main town on the island. The neighboring village of Ardbeg is located directly to the east of Ardbeg Point . Port Bannatyne is connected to the road network by the A844 , one of the two main roads on the island. In 2011, Port Bannatyne had 1210 inhabitants.

history

Port Bannatyne developed as a fishing village. To the northwest of the village is the small Wester Kames Castle . It was built in either the late 16th or early 17th centuries, the same period as the nearby Kames Castle . It was the seat of the Spenses of Wester Kames, whose family history can be traced back to the 15th century. In 1801 a stone jetty with quays was built. This promoted the herring fishery and represented a transport infrastructure measure through the operation by ferry boats. In the 1860s, the Marquess of Bute acquired the village and renamed it from Kamesburgh to Port Bannatyne . The area around Rothesay developed in the Victorian Age when the island was exposed to an increasing flow of tourists, which triggered the construction of hotels and housing. During this time, numerous villas and country houses of wealthy guests were built in Port Bannatyne. Despite the development, Port Bannatyne partially retained its original character as a fishing village.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ Port Bannatyne (Kamesburgh). Argyll and Bute. 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. ↑ Entry on Port Bannatyne  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Kamesburgh or Port Bannatyne. 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. 337 .

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