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| Scottish Gaelic: Cille Chòmhghain | |
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Kilchoan
Kilchoan shown within the Lochaber area |
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| OS grid reference | NM488637 |
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| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PH36 4 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Kilchoan (Cille Chòmhghain in Gaelic) is a village on the Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, in Lochaber, Highland. It is the most westerly village on Great Britain,[1] although several tiny hamlets lie further west on the peninsula (of these, the most westerly is called Portuairk).
Kilchoan has a population of about 150.
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Donaldson equates 'Buarblaig' (now Bourblaige about 5 miles east of Kilchoan on the other side of Ben Hiant, grid reference NM546623[2]) with Muribulg, where the Annals of Tigernach record a battle between the Picts and Dalriads in 731.[3] It may also be the 'Muirbole Paradisi' mentioned by Adomnán.[2]
The ancient Mingary Castle is situated on the coast about a mile to the east of the village.
A ferry service runs regularly from Kilchoan to Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. From Fort William, two buses per day connect with sailings of this ferry: one via Lochailort and Salen; the other via the Corran Ferry and Salen.
Kilchoan Bay has four visitor moorings that are close to the jetty where there is a shop and showers and a petrol station.
The Sonachan Hotel is the most westerly bar/hotel on the mainland of the UK. The shop and post-office used to be run by author Jon Haylett.
The minerals kilchoanite, dellaite and rustumite were first found at Kilchoan.[4]
Very good examples of a type of igneous rock structure called a cone sheet are found at Kilchoan.
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