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Port Ellen is a small town in Argyll, Scotland. It is the second largest town on the island of Islay, after Bowmore. Image File history File linksMetadata Port_Ellen,_Islay. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Port_Ellen,_Islay. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Islay shown within Argyll. ... Bowmore (Scottish Gaelic: Bogh Mòr) is a small town on the shores of Loch Indaal, on the Scottish island of Islay. ...


Port Ellen provides the main ferry connection between Islay and the mainland, at Kennacraig. It is the home of the Port Ellen Distillery, which ceased production of Scotch whisky in 1983, although a large malting is still in operation. Caledonian MacBrayne (usually shortened to Cal-Mac) is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries between the mainland of Scotland and all major islands on Scotlands West coast. ... Situated on West Loch Tarbert, a few miles south of Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula. ... The Port Ellen Single Malt is an Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky produced by the Port Ellen Distillery in Port Ellen, Scotland, on the isle of Islay. ... Scotch whisky is a whisky made in Scotland. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A malting, sometimes called maltings or malting floor, is a building that houses the process of converting barley into malt, for use in the brewing or distilling process. ...


In Gaelic the placename would be "Port Ìlein". It is named after the wife of Frederick Campbell of Islay.


The old name is Leòdamas, derived from old Norse meaning "Leòd's Harbour".


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Port Ellen Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (788 words)
Port Ellen, built around Loch Leodamais, is Islay's main deep water harbour and, with Port Askaig, one of two ferry terminals on the island.
Port Ellen itself occupies two bays on the loch, between which is the rocky outcrop housing the harbour facilities.
Port Ellen is significant as the centre of the whole of southern Islay.
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