Tighcargman
Tighcargman , also Tycormagan , is a derelict town in the northeast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . Tighcargman was located just outside Port Ellen near the Port Ellen whiskey distillery not far from today's A846 , which was a main route on the island in earlier times. At the census of 1841, 59 people were still living in Tighcargman. Ten years later the population had dropped to 25 people. The village of Imrock , which was listed in 1851, but not in 1841 and where 44 people lived, appears to be a separately listed part of Tighcargman, so that the total population of the settlement would have risen to 69. Today, few foundations of the old buildings can be seen in the Tighcargman area. When the village was abandoned is not recorded. The area is now an undeveloped part of the city of Port Ellen.
Surroundings
To the southeast of Tighcargman, the remains of a partially destroyed medieval Celtic cross were found at the end of the 19th century . The exact location of the cross can only be deduced from the marking on a historical map. The resulting fragment of the shaft is 46 cm long, 37 cm at the base and 21 cm wide at the head end. A ring diameter of 34 cm can be deduced from a preserved segment of the ring. The side arms of the cross carved from locally occurring epidiorite have not been preserved. A picture of Jesus was incorporated as a relief on the shaft. The fragment of the cross was first moved to Kildalton Castle and given to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1923 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scotland Census 1841
- ↑ Scotland Census 1851
- ↑ Entry on Tighcargman in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 38 ′ 5 ″ N , 6 ° 11 ′ 29 ″ W.