Port Wemyss
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Port Wemyss Scottish Gaelic Bun Othan |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 41 ′ N , 6 ° 30 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 53 (1961 census) | ||
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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 | ||
Port Wemyss ( Gaelic : Bun Othan ) is a small town on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . It is located in the south of the Rhinns of Islay peninsula near Rhinns Point , which marks the southernmost point of the peninsula. Bowmore , the main town on the island, is about 15 km to the northeast; the Port Ellen ferry terminal is about 20 km west-southwest. The closest town is Portnahaven, a few hundred meters away .
The village lies above the rocky coastline and is protected from the rigors of the Atlantic Ocean by the island of Orsay , a few hundred meters away . To the north, the A847, which ends in Portnahaven, branches off from the A846 in Bridgend and connects the village to the road network.
history
In the 1830s, Walter Frederick Campbell , the Laird of Islay, built various localities on the island, essentially to provide housing for the people displaced from their lands in the course of the Highland Clearances . In addition to Port Ellen, Port Charlotte and Portnahaven, Port Wemyss was also one of these planned settlements. In a development plan from 1833, the time Port Wemyss was founded, the D-shaped ground plan of the village can be seen, which still exists today. It is named after Campbell's father-in-law, the 8th Earl of Wemyss and March. In 1961 53 people lived there.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
