Kilmory, Knapdale

Kilmory
Scottish Gaelic: *Cill Mhoire*
Kilmory Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhoire;
	Kilmory viewed from the north, 2009
	Kilmory Location within Argyll and Bute
Civil parish	South Knapdale;
Council area	Argyll and Bute;
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;

Kilmory (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhoire) is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Knapdale, on Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated near the mouth of Loch Sween on its southern shores. In 1961 it had a population of 81.[1]

Kilmory Knap Chapel, located around 1,700 feet (520 m) northeast of Kilmory Beach, dates to the 13th century.[2]

Three schools, established by the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge (SSPCK), existed here in the 19th century.[3]

References

"Kilmory Details". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
"Kilmory Knap Chapel". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2, John Gorton (1833), p. 494

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