Old Photographs Kilchattan Bay Isle Of Bute Scotland

Old photograph of Kilchattan Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. This Scottish village is named after the sixth century bishop, Saint Cathan, who established a hermitage at this location in AD 539. His nephew was Saint Blane and a chapel was established in his honour in the 12th century. St. Blane's Chapel still exists as a ruin, two miles to the North West. The village developed as a row of fisherman's houses. Further developments included a quarry, stone pier and a lime kiln which can still be seen behind St. Blane's Villa. A new pier was constructed when the village became a regular port-of-call for steamers which carried trippers from the city of Glasgow.


Old photograph of Kilchattan, Isle of Bute, Scotland.



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