Ardbeg, Islay

Ardbeg
Ardbeg
	Ardbeg and the distillery
	Ardbeg Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NR415464
Civil parish	Kildalton and Oa;
Council area	Argyll and Bute;
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF ISLAY
Postcode district	PA42
Dialling code	01496
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°38′10″N 6°07′37″W / 55.636°N 6.127°W

Ardbeg (Scottish Gaelic: An Àird Bheag) is a small settlement on southern coast of the island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland. It is around 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of Port Ellen and 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) northeast of Lagavulin at the eastern terminus of the A846 road.

Ardbeg is the site of the Ardbeg distillery which was established in 1815 and produces malt whisky. The village grew up around the distillery^[1] and by 1900 was home to over 40 distillery workers^[2]^[3] and had a village school with over 100 pupils.^[2] By the end of the 1920s the decline in the village was "noticeable".^[4]

The name Ardbeg is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic An Àird Bheag, meaning The Small Promontory.^[5]

References

^ Wilson.N (2003) Ardbeg in The Island Whisky Trail pp.32-43, Colour Books Ltd. (available online), retrieved 2015-10-20.
^ ^a ^b Wilson.N op. cit. p.34
^ History, Ardbeg project. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
^ Wilson.N op. cit. p.38
^ "Ardbeg". www.ainmean-aite.scot. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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[wilson-1] Wilson.N (2003) Ardbeg in The Island Whisky Trail pp.32-43, Colour Books Ltd. (available online), retrieved 2015-10-20.

[wilson34-2] Wilson.N op. cit. p.34

[project-3] History, Ardbeg project. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

[wilson38-4] Wilson.N op. cit. p.38

[5] "Ardbeg". www.ainmean-aite.scot. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

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