Kirn, Dunoon

Kirn
Cast iron fountain stand on the shorefront at Kirn.
Scotland
Scotland
Kirn
Location within Argyll and Bute
Population5,198 (2013 Est) Including; Kirn, Hunters Quay and Sandbank.[1]
OS grid referenceNS 18100 78200
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode districtPA23
Dialling code01369
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°57′44″N 4°54′56″W / 55.962260°N 4.9156898°W / 55.962260; -4.9156898

Kirn is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde. It originally had its own pier, with buildings designed by Harry Edward Clifford in 1895,[2] and was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services, bringing holidaymakers to the town, mostly from the Glasgow area.

  1. ^ "Hunter's Quay".
  2. ^ Henry Edward Clifford - Dictionary of Scottish Architects