Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kames

Kames, a straggling village in Kilfinan parish, Argyllshire, on the W side of the Kyles of Bute, 1½ to 2¾ miles SSW of Tighnabruaich. It has a post office under Greenock, a steamboat pier, an inn, powder works, and an artillery volunteer battery.—Ord. Sur., sh. 29, 1873.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a straggling village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kilfinan ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty       Buteshire ScoCnty

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