Shiskine

Shiskine is a small village on the in the , . The village is within the parish of Kilmory. Sitting further up the "Shiskine Valley" from the village of , the village takes its name from a corruption of the Gaelic for "marshy place".
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Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Molios Church and Nicol Memorial.

Church
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Memorial
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of stones. It is located near on the in . is situated 2 miles northwest of Shiskine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torbeg and Blackwaterfoot.

Village
is a village on the in the , Scotland.

Village
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The Isle of Arran is part of in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shiskine.

Hamlet
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a tiny hamlet located on the Southwest coast of the in . The village is situated near the Ross road between and . is situated 4½ miles south of Shiskine.

Shiskine

Latitude
55.51903° or 55° 31′ 9″ north
Longitude
-5.30721° or 5° 18′ 26″ west
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SSK
Open location code
9C7PGM9V+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2582392923
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637930
Wiki­data ID
Q3776651
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Shiskine” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Shiskine”
  • Dutch: “Shiskine”
  • French: “Shiskine”
  • German: “Shiskine”
  • Irish: “An Seasgann”
  • Irish: “An t-Seasgann”
  • Irish: “Seasgann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Seasgainn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Seasgann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shiskine”

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