Category: Campbeltown
Davaar Island Lighthouse
Davaar Island was originally known as the island of Sanct Barre around 1449 -1508. The modern name of ‘Davaar’ comes from the older Do Bharre – thy St Barre. (Dr Gillies in his “Place Names of Argyll” accepts the popular derivation of the double-pointed (Da-Bharr) Island.) Davaar, situated at the entrance to Campbeltown Loch, is […] Read More
A relic from another time…
… the remains of a carriage from the Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway Company. Read More
Arrival at the White Hart Hotel, Campbeltown
Arrival at the White Hart Hotel, Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. Filmed in 1914 – Soldiers from the 7th & 9th Battalion’s Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders bound for camp and arriving at Campbeltown, together with their supplies in horse-drawn carts and wagons. The film ends at the Ugadale Arms Hotel, Machrihanish, panning past what is now […] Read More
Carradale Harbour Grand Opening 1961
A short clip of the Grand Opening Ceremony at Carradale Harbour – 1961. Like Machrihanish, Carradale is another of Kintyre’s hidden gems with a beautiful sheltered harbour opening out into Kilbrannan Sound and a view towards Arran. For more information on the harbour please visit their website: http://www.carradaleharbour.co.uk/ For more info on Machrihanish, visit www,machrihanish.net Read More
Davaar Island
Davaar Island and ‘The Painting’… The Famous Davaar Island Cave Painting of Jesus on the Cross. Painted in 1887 by local teacher Archibald MacKinnon. The work was carried out completely in secret by the teacher after he had a dream telling him where to paint it. It couldn’t have been easy for Archie as he […] Read More
H.M.S. Landrail – RNAS Machrihanish.
HMS Landrail RNAS Machrihanish… RAF Machrihanish, now a community owned and mothballed RAF base and Commercial Airfield servicing Campbeltown and surrounding areas, was once known as HMS Landrail, Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish. Deck Landing School.Machrihanish was established as a naval air station in 1916, operating maritime patrol aircraft and airships until 1918. A new […] Read More
A wee drive from Campbeltown to Tarbert
A wee drive from Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland to Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland. Video by Machrihanish Online Recorded 15th August 2014 Join us on facebook: www.facebook.com/machrihanishonline Follow Us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/machrihanish Read More