Duror
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  Duror  Duror Location within the Highland council area | |
| Population | 726 |
| OS grid reference | NM992552 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Appin |
| Postcode district | PA38 |
| Dialling code | 01631 74 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Duror (Scottish Gaelic: An Dùrar, meaning hard water), occasionally Duror of Appin, is a small, remote coastal village that sits at the base of Glen Duror, in district of Appin, in the Scottish West Highlands, within the council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland.[1] Duror is known for the first building of the Telford Parliamentary churches by the Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, Thomas Telford, from 1826, the first in a series of 32, built in Scotland. William Thomson was the architect.[2] Duror is the location of the famous Appin Murder. Although no direct evidence for this connection exists, the murder event and the kidnap of James Annesley, supposedly provided the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson writing the novel Kidnapped.
- ^ "Duror (Duror of Appin)". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Ian Bradley (30 September 2015). Argyll: The Making of a Spiritual Landscape. Saint Andrew Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-86153-838-6. Retrieved 23 June 2017.