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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAMES COTTAGE | Kames Cottage Kames Cottage Kames Cottage Kames Cottage |
Mr. McCallum, proprietor John Douglas, Kames Inn William Johnston, Kames Farm County Directory |
193 | A mansion house belonging to Kames Powder works Company, the portion of the works situate here is surrounded with a yellow band. the works at this place are chiefly stores for the material of which powder is composed. with a good stone pier the property of the Company |
| KAMES PIER | Kames Pier | Mr. McCallum John Douglas, Kames Inn William Johnston, Kames Farm |
193 | A good substantial pier built of solid masonry as far as the shed, the outer part from the shed is composed of wood. Tolls are payable at this pier, |
| INN [Kames] | 193 | There is a Good new inn called the "Kames Inn" with offices recently erected in front of the pier, | ||
| CIST [Kames] | Stone Cist | Mr. McCallum John Douglas, Kames Inn William Johnston, Kames Farm |
193 | A stone cist stands here untoched by the plough, beside it another was dug up recently containing an urn and a small copper hammer, with an iron shank or handle, the hammer was similar to a modern smiths hammer, but small, another cist was discovered a little north of this but containing neither bones nor urn |
| STANDING STONES [Kames] | 193 | There are three standing stones a little to the N.W. [North West] of this, one about 30 feet south of the cross road, standing in the ploughed field, two others a little north of this one, standing in the hedge on the road side, they are large flag like stones, about four or five feet high above the surface, their tradition seems lost, but it is conjectured they are monumental, probably from the fact of the stone cists already described, and several others found in and about Tighnabruach, Mr. Johnston, Kames Farm, seen the hammer, from him I got the description |
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Parish of Kilfinan
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 12 - Parish of Kilfinan, OS1/2/12
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kilfinan.
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.