Kintra (Islay)
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Kintra Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tràgha |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 39 ′ N , 6 ° 16 ′ 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 | ||
Kintra ( Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tràgha , "tip of the beach") is a small scattered settlement on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . It is located about 5.5 kilometers west of the Port Ellen ferry terminal and twelve kilometers south of the island's capital Bowmore in the northwest of the Oa Peninsula .
The closest settlements are Cragabus, about three kilometers to the south . Kintra only consists of a few inhabited houses. In 1841 there were still 54 people in Kintra who were divided into three families. Of these, 33 were female and 21 male. Ten years later there were 66 people living in Kintra.
Kintra located on a street that up to the present of Port Ellen deserted villages Frachdale and Grasdale led. North of the village, the Kintra River flows into Laggan Bay .
Archaeological finds
About a kilometer southeast of Kintra is the Standing Stone Carragh Bhan , which is said to mark the grave site of Godred Crovans , King of the Kingdom of the Isles .
One kilometer southwest of the settlement, the remains of a round dun were discovered on a small, rocky tidal island on the coast of Laggan Bay . The Dun A'chail facility, which measures ten meters, is surrounded by 1.3 m high and two meters thick masonry, which was built using the natural rock.
The possible remains of a Shieling hut are located one kilometer south-southwest of Kintra halfway to Frachdale near the confluence of two streams.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ Census of Scotland 1841
- ^ Census of Scotland 1851
- ↑ Entry on Dun Achail in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Airigh Aille in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)