Ardbeg, Islay (original) (raw)

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Settlement on Islay, in Scotland

Human settlement in Scotland

Ardbeg
Ardbeg and the distillery
Ardbeg is located in Argyll and ButeArdbegArdbegLocation within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NR415464
Civil parish Kildalton and Oa
Council area Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF ISLAY
Postcode district PA42
Dialling code 01496
UK Parliament Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Scottish Parliament Argyll and Bute
List of places UK Scotland 55°38′10″N 6°07′37″W / 55.636°N 6.127°W / 55.636; -6.127

Ardbeg (Scottish Gaelic: An Àird Bheag) is a small settlement on southern coast of the island of Islay, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of Scotland. It is around 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of Port Ellen and 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) northeast of Lagavulin at the eastern terminus of the A846 road.

Ardbeg is the site of the Ardbeg distillery which was established in 1815 and produces malt whisky. The village grew up around the distillery[1] and by 1900 was home to over 40 distillery workers[2][3] and had a village school with over 100 pupils.[2] By the end of the 1920s the decline in the village was "noticeable".[4]

The name Ardbeg is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic An Àird Bheag, meaning The Small Promontory.[5]

  1. ^ Wilson.N (2003) Ardbeg in The Island Whisky Trail pp.32-43, Colour Books Ltd. (available online), retrieved 2015-10-20.
  2. ^ a b Wilson.N op. cit. p.34
  3. ^ History, Ardbeg project. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  4. ^ Wilson.N op. cit. p.38
  5. ^ "Ardbeg". www.ainmean-aite.scot. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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