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Port Bannatyne (or Kamesburgh), vil., North Bute par., Bute island, Firth of Clyde, on Kames Bay, 2½ miles NW. of Rothesay, pop. 651; P.O., T.O.; is a summer resort and a herring fishery sta., and has a steamboat pier, a hotel, and a hydropathic establishment. A tramway extends between the vil. and Rothesay.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | North Bute ScoP Buteshire ScoCnty |
Place names: | KAMESBURGH | PORT BANNATYNE | PORT BANNATYNE OR KAMESBURGH |
Place: | Port Bannatyne |
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