Ardminish
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Ardminish Gaelic: Aird Mhèanais | |
Argyllshire | |
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Ardminish Bay, from the Gigha ferry | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | NR642464 |
Location: | 55°39’15"N, 5°44’57"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Isle Of Gigha |
Postcode: | PA41 |
Dialling code: | 01583 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Argyll and Bute |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Argyll and Bute |
Ardminish is the sole village on Gigha, a small isle of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Kintyre, in Argyllshire. The village is connected to the mainland by a regular ferry service that runs to Tayinloan.
Ardminish has the island's pier, post office and shop.
The name Ardminish means "The headland of the narrow point", from a mixture of Gaelic and Norse.
Outside links
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ardminish) |