Kilmun

Kilmun is a village in the Scottish council area of Argyll and Bute. It enjoys an enviable location on the northern shore of the Holy Loch, between the head of the loch and the village of Strone, at Strone Point, which where the loch joins the Firth of Clyde.

Kilmun is home to an arboretum managed by the Forestry Commission, which was established in the 1930s for the purposes of monitoring the suitability of exotic tree species in the local environment. The collection includes specimens of Sequoia, Japanese Chestnut, Japanese Larch, and Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle). The arboretum offers a number of woodland walks to suit the differing fitness levels and so is a very popular place to visit.

The village is also notable for its parish church, which is situated at the summit of a knoll overlooking the loch. The church grounds house a mausoleum of the Campbell Dukes of Argyll, which features an effigy of Sir Duncan Campbell, who died in 1453, and another of Campbell's second wife, Margaret. The graveyard is also notable as the final resting place of Elizabeth Blackwell, who was the first female physician to qualify in the United States, on 11 January 1849.

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