Links of Interest
Links of Interest...
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Please email the webmaster @ machrihanish.net with a suggestion for a link or notice of a broken link..
If you visit any of the linked sites and contact them please mention you found them here.
The Argyll & Bute Forum - New Forum for Argyll & Bute
Kintyre Antiquarian & Natural History Society
Web Edition of the Magazine - A Must see for anyone researching their family roots in Kintyre.
The Kintyre Way:
Opened in August 2006 and stretching from Tarbert at the north end of the peninsula, to Southend in the south, the way-marked Kintyre Way criss-crosses the peninsula, connecting communities and landscape, people and produce. 140km (87 miles) long in total and with 4 to 7 days worth of walking, there is serious hiking and gentle rambles, all of which bring home the beautiful reality that is Kintyre.
The Carradale Goat...
A very interesting and entertaining website about Carradale.
Special mention must be made of the many fine pictures in its Galleries.
Islay, Queen of the Hebrides:
Islay, Queen of the Hebrides. Ultimate and most complete Islay guide. Attractive site with excellent photography.
Cottages to Rent A guide to some of the most picturesque holiday cottage locations in the richly varied countryside of the UK and Ireland
Website of Campbeltown born Author Jill McGown
Undiscovered Scotland The Ultimate Online Guide
Machrihanish Dunes....the way golf began...
Machrihanish Golf Club Professional's Shop:
Adrian Barrett F.N.Z.I.P.P. A.I.P.P.
Fine art photographer turned artist.
EnjoyBritain.com: The premier British Tourism directory - thousands of things to do and places to stay.
Rampant Scotland....for everything about Scotland
The Argyll & Bute Council Homepage
Original Celtic designs in traditional and updated styles,
including jewellery, t-shirts, cards, and more
Inverary Jail:
Your introduction to Scotland's living 19th century prison; appear in court; explore the prisons and
airing yards; experience the Torture, Death and Damnation exhibition and visit the prison shop.
Official Scottish Tourist Board Site - Visit Scotland
Visit Britain:
Tourist Boards Directory for the UK & Ireland.
Info on Saddell Abbey
Dunaverty Golf Course - Southend
Tarbert Music Festival Pages by Neil Anderson
Argyll Surnames List - For Research.
Wee Toon: Johnny MacKinnon's Excellent pages on Campbeltown and the surrounding area - not to be missed. Includes the famous Midges Page
NB: Johnny's site is offline at the moment.
Drumlemble Primary School
Divers on wrecks in the Kintyre area please take heed...
Honour the dead, respect our maritime war graves
Stewarton (Still Looking for info, any suggestions welcome)
Stewarton, Ayrshire
The Campbeltown Courier - Local Newspaper
The Megalithic Portal - Information on Megalithic sites in the UK and Eire
Marine Environmental Research Laboratory at Machrihanish
Campbeltown Hospital website
RAILWAY LINKS:
For the Railway Modeller.
The Campbeltown to Machrihanish Railway.
For the Railway Enthusiast.
RAILSCOT: Scottish Railways and Steamers by Ewan Crawford
RADIO LINKS:
RADIO MACHRIHANISH - Information on Professor Reginald A. Fessenden & his transatlantic radio experiment at Machrihanish
More information on Fessenden
The Hammond Museum of Radio, excellent reference site for the radio enthusiast.
Reginald A. Fessenden - ARS - 'W1FRV' ( first radio voice )
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Where the world's first radio voice broadcast took place...
The Canadian Communication Foundation:
Campbeltown Picture House - Website for this historic purpose built picture house.
Known locally as the 'Wee Pictures'
The Supermarine Spitfire and RNDA Machrihanish
(The main supply of Spitfires commenced with Mk Va R6887 to RNDA Machrihanish on 31 August 1942)
The Supermarine Seafire and RNAS Machrihanish
(886 sqdn at St Merryn 6.42 DR634, 772 sqdn at Machrihanish 10.42)
Page with info on JS Bailey RN: CO of 768 Deck Landing Training School, Machrihanish, 6.1943 768 Deck Landing Training School, Machrihanish
For all ex servicemen & women who served at RAF Machrihanish - Forces Reunited
Fleet Air Arm Archive: 1928-1945
Secret Scotland - RAF Machrihanish
West Coast Motors - Providing local transport since 1923
University of Glasgow Special Collections - Old Advert for the Ugadale Arms Hotel at Machrihanish
Information for Canoeists
Visit Machrihanish from the sea.....The Sail Scotland website
Tide tables, tide graphs, tide height finder and a host of tidal information available on the following sites:
Admiralty Easytide Predictions
Surfers: Check out the Beach Wizard.
Windsurf Magazine Online
Local Weather from the nice people at AccuWeather
Click here for forecasts in your area.
Machrihanish Detailed weather from Wunderground
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