Shiskine
Shiskine
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Location within North Ayrshire | |
OS grid reference | NR911298 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF ARRAN |
Postcode district | KA27 |
Dialling code | 01770 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Shiskine (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Seasgann) is a small village on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilmory.[1] Sitting further up the "Shiskine Valley" from the village of Blackwaterfoot, the village takes its name from a corruption of the Gaelic for "marshy place". Much of the area was essentially a swamp years ago, but now comprises farm land.
The village has its own primary school[2] and local church.[3] There is a possible hillfort at Cnoc Ballygowan close by to the village, though its antiquity is disputed.[4] Shiskine is close to the peaks of Beinn Nuis and Beinn Bharrain.
References
[edit]- ^ "Details of Shiskine". Scottish Places. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Shiskine Primary School". Education Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Saint Molaise's Chapel, Pien, Arran". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Site Record for Arran, Cnoc Ballygowan". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
External links
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