Duror

Duror Scottish Gaelic: Dùrar

Duror
Duror shown within the Highland council area
Population	726
OS grid reference	NM992552
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Appin
Postcode district	PA38

Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland 56°38′37.2084″N 5°16′36.5160″W / 56.643669000°N 5.276810000°W / 56.643669000; -5.276810000Coordinates: 56°38′37.2084″N 5°16′36.5160″W / 56.643669000°N 5.276810000°W / 56.643669000; -5.276810000

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 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 churchs 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.