Ballygrant
Ballygrant 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village on Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Baile a‘ Ghràna” and “Ballygront”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilmeny Parish Church and Dun Guaidhre.
Dun Guaidhre
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Guaidhre, also known as Dùn Ghùaidhre, is an Iron Age fort southwest of Kilmeny, Islay, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. Local tradition associates the fort with Godred Crovan.
Beinn Dubh
Peak
Photo: Becky Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beinn Dubh is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Ballygrant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keills and Port Askaig.
Keills
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keills is a village, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Ballygrant.
Port Askaig
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Askaig is a port village on the east coast of the island of Islay, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village lies on the Sound of Islay across from Jura. Port Askaig is situated 3 miles northeast of Ballygrant.
Islay
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Islay is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 3,228 in 2011. It's mostly low-lying grazing land and heath, with Port Ellen and Bowmore the main settlements.
Ballygrant
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.81877° or 55° 49′ 8″ northLongitude
-6.1607° or 6° 9′ 39″ westElevation
230 feet (70 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ZLYOpen location code
9C7MRR9Q+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6240028221OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656506Wikidata ID
Q805408
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ballygrant” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballygrant”
- Breton: “Baile a‘ Ghràna”
- Dutch: “Ballygrant”
- French: “Ballygrant”
- German: “Ballygrant”
- Irish: “Baile a‘ Ghràna”
- Irish: “Baile an Ghrána”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile a‘ Ghràna”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ballygrant”
- Spanish: “Ballygrant”
- Swedish: “Ballygrant”
- “Baile a‘ Ghràna”
- “Ballygrant”
- “Ballygrant - Baile a‘ Ghràna”
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