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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| KINTYRE | Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Cantire |
New Stat [Statistical] Account Old Stat [Statistical] Account Fullarton's Gazetteer Wilson's Archaeology Origines Parochiales Oliver & Boyd's Almanac Johnstone's Coy. [County] Map |
Various | A large district in the Southern Division of Argyllshire. It is a peninsula lying between the Firth of Clyde & the Atlantic Ocean and jopined to Knapdale by the narrow isthmus of Tarbert. It extends about 40 miles from North to South and is about 6 1/2 miles in breadth consisting partly of low and partly of high land and embraces the parishes of Campbelton, Gigha, Cara, Kilberry & Kilcolmonell, and Killean & Kilkenzie, Saddle & Skipness and Southend. It contains several villages; but the only town of consequence ids the Royal burgh of Campbelton; This district has singularly enough up to the 17th. century been reckoned among the South Isles: and its history is mixed up with theirs: The origin of this was a [continued on page 2] |
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