Shiskine
Shiskine
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  Shiskine Location withinNorth 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 theIsle of Arranin theFirth of Clyde,Scotland.The village is within the parish of Kilmory.[1]Sitting further up the "Shiskine Valley" from the village ofBlackwaterfoot,the village takes its name from a corruption of theGaelicfor "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 ofBeinn NuisandBeinn Bharrain.
References
[edit]- ^"Details of Shiskine".Scottish Places.Retrieved30 December2014.
- ^"Shiskine Primary School".Education Scotland.Retrieved30 December2014.
- ^"Saint Molaise's Chapel, Pien, Arran".Canmore.Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.Retrieved30 December2014.
- ^"Site Record for Arran, Cnoc Ballygowan".Canmore.Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.Retrieved13 August2014.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related toShiskine.
- Canmore - Arran, Shiskine, General site record
- Canmore - Arran, Blackwaterfoot, Shiskine Golf Course site record
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