Lagg (Jura)

Lagg
Coordinates	55 ° 56 ′  N , 5 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′  N , 5 ° 51 ′  W
Lagg
administration
Post town	ISLE OF JURA
ZIP code section	PA60
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Argyll and Bute

Lagg is a small settlement on the Scottish Hebridean island of Jura and administratively belongs to the Council Area Argyll and Bute , and is 14 km from Craighouse . Lagg can be reached from Leargybreck via a single-lane road ( A846 ) that leads via Tarbert to Lussagiven . The settlement is located on the east coast of the island on the banks of the Lagg Bay of the same name . Lagg had a certain importance in the 19th century as the location of the post office of Jura (the settlement developed mainly because of this) and as a ferry port for cattle from Islay and Jura, which from there 9 km across the sea to the Scottish mainland (Keills in Knapdale ) was shipped. In 1901 around 2000-3000 head of cattle were loaded there. The ferry connection is closed today. The settlement once had a pub.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Youngson: The Long Road . Fourth edition. Craighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll 2005, pp. 31-32.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on Lagg Harbor  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
3. ^ Gordon Wright: Jura's Heritage . Third edition. Craighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll 1994, p. 24.
4. ↑ Gazetteer for Scotland: Lagg ( English ) Retrieved May 28, 2020.
5. ↑ Islay Info: Jura Ferry Timetable ( English ) Retrieved on May 28, 2020.
6. ↑ Entry on Lagg  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)