Skipness

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Skipness

| gaelic_name = Sgibinis

| country = Scotland

| unitary_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| lieutenancy_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| coordinates = {{coord|55|46|01|N|5|20|42|W|type:city_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = NR902576

| static_image_name = Skipness Bay, Kintyre. - geograph.org.uk - 181056.jpg

| static_image_caption = Skipness Bay

| postcode_district = PA29

| postcode_area = PA

| post_town = TARBERT

| constituency_westminster = Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Argyll and Bute

}}

File:Skipness Castle.jpg

Skipness ({{langx|gd|Sgibinis}}, {{IPA|gd|ˈs̪kʲipɪnɪʃ|pron}}) is a village and Quoad sacra parish{{Cite web |title=Skipness from The Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst3561.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=scottish-places.info |language=en-gb}} on the east coast of Kintyre in Scotland, located just over {{convert|7|mi}} south of Tarbert and facing the Isle of Arran.

There is Skipness Castle (a ruined castle){{Cite web |title=Ancient Scotland – Skipness Castle |url=https://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site/135/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=ancient-scotland.co.uk}} and Kilbrannan Chapel, also known as St Brendan's Chapel.{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/39799/kilbrannan-chapel |title=Kilbrannan Chapel |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|work=CANMORE |accessdate= 1 November 2011}} Both the castle and the chapel date from the 13th century, and are maintained by Historic Environment Scotland{{Cite web |title=Skipness Castle and Chapel |url=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/skipness-castle-and-chapel/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=historicenvironment.scot |language=en}} and are designated scheduled monuments.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM13225|desc=Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel|access-date=17 July 2024}}