Kames, Argyll

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

Kames
  • Scottish Gaelic: Camas nam Muclach

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

Between 1839 and 1921 the village was involved in the processing and transit of gunpowder.[1] The artist Hamilton Macallum (18411896) was born in Kames.

Kames is connected to Tighnabruaich and has a post office, church, police station and hotel. The grocery store, has been relaunched as the Kames Village Store under new management in late 2016.[2]

Located directly on the foreshore is the Kames Hotel. [3]


Footnotes

  1. "Kames, Argyll and Bute". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. "Kamess Village Store".
  3. "Kames Hotel".
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