Donaldson equates "Buarblaig" (now Bourblaige about three miles (five kilometres) east of Kilchoan on the other side of the eastern mountain of Ben Hiant at 528 metres (1,732 feet), grid reference NM546623[4]) with Muribulg, where the Annals of Tigernach record a battle between the Picts and Dalriads in 731 AD.

South Uist native Mhaighstir Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill, 1st of Dalilea, was the rector of Kilchoan until his death around 1724.

Examples of a type of igneous rock structure called a cone sheet are found at Kilchoan.

[4] Ben Hiant is the highest point of the peninsula at 528 m and lies between the village and the coastal hamlet of Ardslignish.

A regular CalMac ferry service runs from Kilchoan to Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.