Kames, Argyll

Kames (Scottish Gaelic: Camas nam Muclach) is a small village on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the shore of the west arm of the Kyles of Bute.[1]

Kames

Pier at Kames
Kames
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNR 97200 71100
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTIGHNABRUAICH
Postcode districtPA21
Dialling code01700
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute

Kames is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Tighnabruaich. Kames has a post office, church, police station and hotel. Also a grocery store, which has been relaunched as the "Kames Village Store" under new management in late 2016.[2]

The Kames Hotel has views over the west arm of the Kyles of Bute. [3]


History

Between 1839 and 1921 the village was involved in the transit of gunpowder that was made in the nearby inland settlement of Millhouse. The gunpowder plant owners built a pier/quay for the loading of boats for the onward transport of their product from Kames.[4]

Sport and leisure

The Kyles of Bute golf club is located above Kames and was founded in 1907. It is a nine hole course and has no bunkers, as the terrain of the course provides enough hazards on the course.[5]

Notable people

The artist Hamilton Macallum (1841–1896) was born in Kames.


  • Kames foreshore
  • Tighnabruaich and Kames Fire Station
  • Kames pier

References
  1. "Kames, Argyll and Bute". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. "Kamess Village Store".
  3. "Kames Hotel".
  4. https://canmore.org.uk/site/76430/millhouse-kames-gunpowder-works#mycanmore-text-fragment
  5. https://www.scottishgolfcourses.com/argyllandbute/kylesofbute.html
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