Glenegedale
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Glenegedale Scottish Gaelic Gleann Eigeadail |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 41 ′ N , 6 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF ISLAY | ||
| ZIP code section | PA46 | ||
| prefix | 01496 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Glenegedale ( Gaelic : Gleann Eigeadail ) is a small scattered settlement on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . It is located about six kilometers north of the Port Ellen ferry terminal and nine kilometers southeast of the island's capital Bowmore near the Glenegedale River. The closest settlements are western Glenmachrie , about three kilometers south of Leorin and four kilometers north of Duich . The village is divided into the western Glenegedale and the eastern Glenegedale Lots . Today Glenegedale consists of only a few inhabited houses. In 1841, 97 people were counted in Glenegedale and another 25 in Glenegedale Lots. In 1851 only 74 people lived in Glenegedale, whereas the population of Glenegedale Lots had risen to 174.
Facilities
West of Glenegedale is Islay Airport , also known as Glenegedale Airport , the only airport on the island. This was expanded into a military airfield during the Second World War . From this time there are still a command bunker and a target practice range in Glenegedale. Between the town and the airfield, the A846 runs between Port Ellen and Bowmore.
Archaeological finds
North of Glenegedale on a hilltop there are heavily damaged wall remnants, which probably belonged to a dun and suggest an earlier settlement of the area. The enclosed area measures 12 m × 9 m.
Buildings in Glenegedale
Military command bunker
Islay Airport
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ Scotland Census 1841.
- ↑ Scotland Census 1851.
- ↑ Entry on Port Ellen Airfield in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Standard Firing Range in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Cnoc Grianail in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)