Keppols
| Keppols | |||
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 49 ′ N , 6 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF ISLAY | ||
| ZIP code section | PA45 | ||
| prefix | 01496 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Keppols , also Kepolls , is a village in the northeast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . Administratively it belongs to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . Keppols is a few hundred meters north of the A846 , the main road on the island, which connects the two port towns of Port Askaig and Port Ellen , and can be reached via a junction. Ballygrant is about a mile to the east and Bowmore , the island's main town, ten kilometers to the southwest. The closest village is the small settlement of Ballymartin . A small stream runs through Keppols and flows south into the Ballygrant Burn and thus finally drains over the Sorn into Laggan Bay . In 1841 there were 96 inhabitants in Keppols. Ten years later the population had dropped to 62. Keppols is not listed separately in current census data. The village is divided into the parts Keppols in the north, Keppolsmore in the southwest and Keppols Bridge in the southeast. In each of the parts there is still a used building or farm. As early as 1867, individual farms in Keppols were described as neglected and therefore probably uninhabited.
Surroundings
A menhir may once have been located north of the village near Loch Finlaggan . The 2.4 m long stone with a base area of 1.5 mx 0.5 m has been lying flat on the ground since the first recording, so that it can no longer be determined whether it was actually a standing stone. A few hundred meters northeast of Keppols on a hill are the remains of a fort . Its fortification wall enclosed an area of 39 m × 20 m. To the southwest is a burial site that has probably been in use since the 14th century. The oval area measuring 21 mx 16 m shows no signs of a chapel being built. According to local lore, a one-eyed woman who had only one tooth and who swam to the island from Ireland is also buried there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scotland Census 1841
- ↑ Scotland Census 1851
- ↑ Entry on Keppols in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Keppols in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Duisker in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Keppols in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)