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Kilchoman

Parish on Islay, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Kilchoman

Parish on Islay, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Kilchoman Cross

Kilchoman ( ; ) is a small settlement and large parish on the Scottish island of Islay, within the unitary council of Argyll and Bute.

Settlement

Close to the settlement is another cemetery, the Kilchoman Military Cemetery, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This contains the remains of victims of the sinking of HMS Otranto in 1918.

A short distance east is Kilchoman Distillery.

Choughs breed in the area of farmland around the settlement, and the south shores of Loch Gorm, representing around 10% of the population of this vulnerable bird in the British Isles.

Parish of Kilchoman

Loch Gorm in the central part of the parish

The parish covers the west part of Islay, covering the Rhinns of Islay, and the area around and north of Loch Gorm, and bounded to the east by Loch Gruinart and Loch Indaal totalling around 100 square miles (250 km2). It thus includes the settlements of Ardnave, Bruichladdich, Claddach, Conisby, Kilchiaran, Kilnave, Nerabus, Port Charlotte, Portnahaven and Port Wemyss.

Bibliography

References

References

  1. "Kilchoman Cross Kilchoman Church and Kilchoman Military Cemetery". Islay Info.
  2. [[#BoS. Walker (2000)]]
  3. "Kilchoman Cross Kilchoman Church and Kilchoman Military Cemetery". Islay Info.
  4. [[#BoS. Walker (2000)]]
  5. "Kilchoman Cross Kilchoman Church and Kilchoman Military Cemetery". Islay Info.
  6. [[#BoS. Walker (2000)]]
  7. [[#D&C_Island]]
  8. JNCC. "Chough ''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax'' (breeding)".
  9. [[#NewStatAcct. New Statistical Account ''ibid.'']]
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