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general maritime commerce. maritime general steam packet services, naval stratagem and the advancement of of advancement the and stratagem naval services, packet steam initiative also responsible for the development of the Clyde Clyde the of development the for responsible also initiative fishing port was entirely due to the building of the quays, an an quays, the of building the to due entirely was port fishing completed in 1765. Campbeltown’s rise to become a leading leading a become to rise Campbeltown’s 1765. in completed second stage of the project achieved when the ‘New Quay’ was was Quay’ ‘New the when achieved project the of stage second to complete the quaintly named ‘Old Quay’ in 1712, with the the with 1712, in Quay’ ‘Old named quaintly the complete to The foresight of this feisty lady encouraged the Town Council Council Town the encouraged lady feisty this of foresight The Argyll. of Duchess 1 Tollemache, Elizabeth st of insistence the at existence into came only structures important most town’s the became what Nevertheless, quays. important important - all the constructing for catalyst the being isolation town’s the business, local of development the in essential Kintyre. It was obvious from earlier times that a maritime approach was was approach maritime a that times earlier from obvious was It died in London in 1893 and is buried at Clachan in north north in Clachan at buried is and 1893 in London in died still used today by the renewable energy and timber industries. industries. timber and energy renewable the by today used still Campbeltown via Mombasa and Keil School. Sir William William Sir School. Keil and Mombasa via Campbeltown to national and international markets, a medium of transport transport of medium a markets, international and national to reached today see we statue The School. Keil named Throughout that period the sea has provided a natural highway highway natural a provided has sea the period that Throughout Southend, an institution later moved to Dumbarton and re- and Dumbarton to moved later institution an Southend, He founded the Kintyre Technical School near the village of of village the near School Technical Kintyre the founded He years. 250 than more for economy and have been at the centre of the town’s working life life working town’s the of centre the at been have Quays The 3. slavery. of abolition the to Church of Scotland East Africa Mission, and was committed committed was and Mission, Africa East Scotland of Church circumnavigation prior to all weddings and funerals. and weddings all to prior circumnavigation famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley, founded the Free Free the founded Stanley, Morton Henry explorer famous local community, a respect observed regularly by its its by regularly observed respect a community, local known philanthropist, he promoted the work of the the of work the promoted he philanthropist, known - well A Campbeltown Cross has a special place in the hearts of the the of hearts the in place special a has Cross Campbeltown witnessed historical events of local and national importance. importance. national and local of events historical witnessed region. the of governor The cross once stood in Main Street near the Town Hall, and and Hall, Town the near Street Main in stood once cross The political first as country his of interests the advancing 1888; in Company Africa East Imperial the ed caused it to be made. made. be to it caused Part of the commercial face of the British Empire, he found- he Empire, British the of face commercial the of Part of Kilkivan, whose son Sir Andrew of Kilchoman in Islay Islay in Kilchoman of Andrew Sir son whose Kilkivan, of complemented its other interests in tea, coal, jute and cotton. cotton. and jute coal, tea, in interests other its complemented attributes ownership to Sir Ivor McEachran, sometime parson parson sometime McEachran, Ivor Sir to ownership attributes Indian Ocean, the group’s maritime transportation system system transportation maritime group’s the Ocean, Indian School of carving, the monument’s Lombardic inscription inscription Lombardic monument’s the carving, of School with the P&O Line in 1914. First to put steam ships on the the on ships steam put to First 1914. in Line P&O the with Celtic and religious markings. Almost certainly of the Iona Iona the of certainly Almost markings. religious and Celtic time the largest shipping line on the planet and later merged merged later and planet the on line shipping largest the time ship and merits closer examination because of its intricate intricate its of because examination closer merits and ship His British India Steam Navigation Company was at one one at was Company Navigation Steam India British His Dating from circa 1380, it is a work of the highest craftsman- highest the of work a is it 1380, circa from Dating network. mercantile class - world a of manager cross in mainland Argyll. Argyll. mainland in cross rose from humble beginnings to become the founder and and founder the become to beginnings humble from rose largest and most famous example of a late medieval Celtic Celtic medieval late a of example famous most and largest was born at Argyll Street, Campbeltown, in 1823. He He 1823. in Campbeltown, Street, Argyll at born was Loup, near Machrihanish to serve as a market cross in 1680. It is the the is It 1680. in cross market a as serve to Machrihanish near Baronet of Strathaird and and Strathaird of Baronet 1 MacKinnon, William Sir 1. 2. 2. was brought from Kilkivan Church Church Kilkivan from brought was Cross Campbeltown st 11. Castlehill is the site of the long-demolished Lochhead Castle. It was built in 1609 by Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll, as a beginning to his plans for the foundation of a burgh at Kinloch-Kilkerran. Possibly built on the site of an earlier MacDonald stronghold, the castle changed hands on a regular basis during the years of civil war. Campbeltown An intriguing character on the pay-roll was the hangman, his gruesome profession fulfilled a short distance from the castle on the heights of the Gallowhill. According to legend, the Mar- Heritage quis of Argyll hanged the castle’s small garrison of seventeen men on his return march from the siege of Dunaverty. Also as a matter of national history, later that century the unsuccessful attempt by the 9th Earl of Argyll to overthrow James II and VII signalled the beginning of the end for Lochhead Castle. Trail Along with Dunaverty Castle, it was razed to the ground around 1686 for fear of further insurrection against the King. Those lucky enough to avoid execution were transported to the Carolinas, some minus their ears as the stigma or mark of treachery. Campbeltown or Lochhead was founded around 1609 by Archibald Campbell 8th Earl of Argyll. The Exchequer offered to discharge his Crown dues if within five years he would ‘plant a burgh, to be inhabited by Lowland men and trafficking burgesses’ this, on land previously known in Gaelic as ‘Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain’ – the head of the loch of the church of Kiaran. The Scotti, a Gaelic-speaking tribe from Ireland, had set- tled in Kintyre from the beginning of the Christian era, and, by the 3rd century AD the peninsula was synony- mous with Dalriada – the land of Irish chieftain Cairbre Riada. With blood kin and inheritance on both sides of the North Channel, around 500AD Fergus Mor mac Eirc crossed the Irish Sea to establish Albain Dalriada, an Ar- gyll-based province destined to expand into the modern nation of Scotland. Sources th A planned settlement of Lowland Scots was undertaken Kintyre in the 17 Century: Andrew McKerral th The Lords of the Isles: Ronald Williams in the early 17 century to nullify the influence of Clan Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William MacKinnon and his Donald, descendants of the Dalriadic Scots who had ear- Business Empire – JF Munro lier ruled the western seaboard as Lords of the Isles. The The Campbeltown Book: The Kintyre Civic Society new settlement was named after the Earl of Argyll’s fam- Research and text: Alex McKinven Photographs: The McGrory Collection courtesy of Argyll and Bute Library ily and Campbeltown would eventually rise to the status Service of Royal Burgh in 1700. The later Victorian town achieved industrial success via commercial interests in Published by: The Campbeltown Townscape Heritage Initiative on behalf of fishing, agriculture, shipbuilding, coalmining and, most the Campbeltown Heritage Trail Group. famously of all, the distilling of whisky. www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/CampbeltownTHI general maritime commerce. maritime general steam packet services, naval stratagem and the advancement of of advancement the and stratagem naval services, packet steam initiative also responsible for the development of the Clyde Clyde the of development the for responsible also initiative fishing port was entirely due to the building of the quays, an an quays, the of building the to due entirely was port fishing completed in 1765. Campbeltown’s rise to become a leading leading a become to rise Campbeltown’s 1765. in completed second stage of the project achieved when the ‘New Quay’ was was Quay’ ‘New the when achieved project the of stage second to complete the quaintly named ‘Old Quay’ in 1712, with the the with 1712, in Quay’ ‘Old named quaintly the complete to The foresight of this feisty lady encouraged the Town Council Council Town the encouraged lady feisty this of foresight The Argyll. of Duchess 1 Tollemache, Elizabeth st of insistence the at existence into came only structures important most town’s the became what Nevertheless, quays.

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