Carnbeg
Carnbeg , also Cainbeg , is a derelict town in the northeast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . Carnbeg was about two kilometers southwest of Port Askaig and eight miles northeast of Bowmore , the island's main town. The closest localities were Keills and Kilslevan, each about 600 m away . Carnbeg was connected to the island's road network by a path that leads from today's A846 at Keills in a south-westerly direction past Loch Ballygrant . At the census of 1841 there were 24 people living in Carnbeg. Ten years later the population had already dropped to 19 people. Today only the foundations of various buildings remain in the Carnbeg area. Exactly when the village was abandoned is not recorded.
Surroundings
In a north-westerly direction there is a basement , which was only discovered in 2007. The system is relatively small with a length of six meters. It borders directly on the remains of a round hut, which was 13.4 m across. The hut is part of a group of six round huts in the area, which are likely from different construction periods. Not far from a former lead mine located in this area , a stone measuring 69 cm × 64 cm × 44 cm can be found, in which two indentations are worked. According to local reports, this stone was used as a font.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scotland Census 1841
- ↑ Scotland Census 1851
- ↑ Entry on Druim a Chuirn in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 3 " N , 6 ° 7 ′ 34" W.