Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Campbeltown. You may be able to find further references to Campbeltown in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Campbeltown a town and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Campbeltown.

Place Type of entry Source
Ardnacross baylet and estate Bartholomew
Ardnacross a small bay and an estate Groome
Bengaillan a hill Groome
Dalintober a suburban village Groome
Dalvaddy a hamlet Groome
Kildalloig a mansion Groome
Kildalloig seat Bartholomew
Kilellan House seat Bartholomew
Limecraigs an estate, with a mansion Groome
Losset Park seat Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Campbeltown within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Thomas Pennant September 5-17: Inveraray to Edinburgh 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Kilchenzie 0 1
Southend 0 2
Kintyre 2 2
Saddell 0 3
Sanda 0 2
Carradale 0 2
Kilmory 0 2
Killean 0 2
Arran 0 2
Gigha 0 2
Lamlash 0 2
Kilbride 0 2
Brodick 0 2
Holy Island 0 2
Kilcalmonell 0 2
Ailsa Craig 0 2
Lochranza 0 2
Corrie 0 2
Ardpatrick 0 2