Campbeltown — Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Campbeltown, a royal burgh and seaport of Argyllshire, on the E. coast of the peninsula of Kintyre, 83 miles SW. of Glasgow by water. It curves round the head of a sea-loch ( $2\frac{3}{4} \times \frac{3}{4}$ mile), which is sheltered by Davarr Island (300 feet high), and forms a magnificent harbour. A sculptured granite cross, supposed to have been brought from Oronsay or Iona, and to date from the 12th century, stands in the main street. The place is an important fishing centre, and has upwards of twenty whisky distilleries. It unites with the Ayr burghs to return one member to parliament. Dr Norman Macleod was a native. Pop. (1841) 6797; (1881) 7693; (1891) 8291.