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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 , in district of Appin, in the Scottish West Highlands, within the council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland. 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. 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.

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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 , in district of Appin, in the Scottish West Highlands, within the council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland. 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. 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. (en)
  • Duror edota Duror of Appin, Eskoziako gaeleraz: An Dùrar, Eskoziako udalerri bat da, Argyll eta Bute konderrian. (eu)
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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 , in district of Appin, in the Scottish West Highlands, within the council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland. 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. 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. (en)
  • Duror edota Duror of Appin, Eskoziako gaeleraz: An Dùrar, Eskoziako udalerri bat da, Argyll eta Bute konderrian. (eu)
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