Ballygrant
| Ballygrant | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghràna | |
 Houses at the north side of Ballygrant |
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  Ballygrant |
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| OS grid reference | NR395662 |
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| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Lieutenancy area | Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF ISLAY |
| Postcode district | PA45 |
| Dialling code | 01496 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Argyll and Bute |
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute |
Coordinates: 55°49′N 6°10′W / 55.82°N 6.16°W
Ballygrant (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghràna) is a small village on the Inner Hebrides island of Islay of the western coast of Scotland. The village is within the parish of Killarow and Kilmeny.[1]
Ballygrant (Baile a' Ghràna) is the longest established village on Islay, pre-dating the clearance and distillery villages on the coast, and nearby place names suggest connections to Viking times.
Ballygrant means 'the town of the grain'[2] and the water powered mill, now demolished, was turning oats into meal up until the early 20th century. Later the water wheel powered a sawmill until electricity took over in the late 1960s.The oldest part of the village, where Craigard House stands, is at the junction of the A846 road, connecting Port Askaig and Port Ellen, and the Glen road.
References
- ↑ "Details of Ballygrant". Scottish Places. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ballygrant Feature Page". Isle Of Islay. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ballygrant. |
- Canmore - Islay, Ballygrant Mill site record
- Canmore - Islay, Ballygrant, Kilmeny Parish Church site record