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CITATION RINNS of ISLAY SITE of SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST Argyll & Bute Site Code: 1354
CITATION RINNS OF ISLAY SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST Argyll & Bute Site code: 1354 NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE: NR 235620 OS 1:50,000 SHEET NO: Landranger Series 60 1:25,000 SHEET NO: Explorer Series 353 AREA: 8784.95 hectares NOTIFIED NATURAL FEATURES Geological: Structural and metamorphic geology: Dalradian Geomorphology: Coastal geomorphology of Scotland Biological: Bogs: Blanket bog Coastlands: Maritime cliff Machair Sand dune Woodlands: Scrub Birds: Breeding bird assemblage Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, breeding Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Hen harrier Circus cyaneus, breeding Greenland barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, non-breeding Greenland white-fronted goose Anser albifrons flavirostris, non-breeding Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, non-breeding Invertebrates: Beetle assemblage DESCRIPTION The Rinns of Islay SSSI lies on the western peninsula of the island of Islay on the west coast of Scotland. Extending from near Ardnave in the north to Portnahaven in the south, the western shores are exposed to the Atlantic Ocean. It is a large site with geological, biological and ornithological interest over a mosaic of open habitats with coastline, boggy moorland, woodland scrub and low-intensity agricultural land. The Rinns of Islay SSSI contains internationally-important exposures of rocks whose affinity is uncertain. The succession of Colonsay Group rocks is almost entirely visible in the coastal rocks, along the north-west edge of the SSSI. The rocks originated as sea-floor muds and sands, which were then much folded. In the south, a second group of rocks, the Rinns Complex, is seen below a complicated contact zone. These igneous rocks (cooled from molten rock) have been greatly altered by heat and pressure. -
Kintour Landscape Survey Report
DUN FHINN KILDALTON, ISLAY AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY DATA STRUCTURE REPORT May 2017 Roderick Regan Summary The survey of Dun Fhinn and its associated landscape has revealed a picture of an area extensively settled and utilised in the past dating from at least the Iron Age and very likely before. In the survey area we see settlements developing across the area from at least the 15 th century with a particular concentration of occupation on or near the terraces of the Kintour River. Without excavation or historical documentation dating these settlements is fraught with difficulty but the distinct differences between the structures at Ballore and Creagfinn likely reflect a chronological development between the pre-improvement and post-improvement settlements, the former perhaps a relatively rare well preserved survival. Ballore Kilmartin Museum Argyll, PA31 8RQ Tel: 01546 510 278 [email protected] Scottish Charity SC022744 ii Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Archaeological and Historical Background 2 2.1 Cartographic Evidence of Settlement 4 2.2 Some Settlement History 6 2.3 A Brief History of Landholding on Islay 10 3. Dun Fhinn 12 4. Walkover Survey Results 23 5. Discussion 47 6. References 48 Appendix 1: Canmore Extracts 50 The Survey Team iii 1. Introduction This report collates the results of the survey of Dun Fhinn and a walkover survey of the surrounding landscape. The survey work was undertaken as part of the Ardtalla Landscape Project a collaborative project between Kilmartin Museum and Reading University, which forms part of the wider Islay Heritage Project. The survey area is situated on the Ardtalla Estate within Kildalton parish in the south east of Islay (Figure 1) and survey work was undertaken in early April 2017. -
Islay February 2019
Islay February 2019 February 20th : Sandwich Bay to Islay The group left the Observatory at 5 a.m. and had a straightforward run up to Gatwick with the ever-efficient Airport Connections. Our Easyjet flight to Glasgow was delayed by an hour but the flight itself was quicker than scheduled – did the pilot really put his foot on the accelerator? At Glasgow Airport we met with Peter and the mini-bus was then duly collected from a large company based about 20 minutes away in Clydeside. Peter and Ken came back to the airport to collect the group and then we were on our way in dreich conditions out of the city and north along the shores of Loch Lomond, then off through the sea lochs and mountains of Argyll. We stopped for lunch at the Loch Fyne Centre and again for a short stretch of the legs at historic Inveraray and, near the journey’s end, at Tarbert. Here we saw the first ‘good’ birds of the trip in the form of 5 Black Guillemots out in the harbour. From there it was a short journey to the ferry terminal at Kennacraig and, with night fast approaching, there were some rather nice sunset effects through the now-lifting clouds. A Red-throated Diver was swimming around the jetty as the M. V. Isle of Arran appeared from the south to take us across to Islay. A smooth crossing, landing at Port Askaig, and then across the dark island to the hotel at Port Charlotte for a decent night’s sleep in this very comfortable hotel set overlooking the outer reaches of Loch Indaal. -
Argyll and Bute Council Roads Annual Status and Options Report (ASOR)
Argyll and Bute Council Roads Annual Status and Options Report (ASOR) 24th November 2016 Author Lyndis Davidson Owner Jim Smith, Head of Roads & Amenity Services Date 24th November 2016 Version V1.5 Roads Annual Status and Options Report (ASOR) V1.5 Document Information Title Roads Annual Status and Options Report (ASOR) Author Lyndis Davidson The document enables authorities to report the current condition of their road assets to management and Elected Members and to structure and present options for future investment Description based upon the predicted condition and level of performance possible for different budget levels. Version Date Author Changes from Previous Version Draft 5th Oct 2016 Lyndis Davidson 1.0 7th Oct 2016 Lyndis Davidson Addition of Capital investment by administrative area for carriageways. 1.1 16th Oct 2016 Lyndis Davidson More accurate unit rates, more accurate capital cost schedule, and incorporating comments from Executive Director of Development & Infrastructure. 1.2 18th Oct 2016 Stuart Watson Addition of Option 5 1.3 3rd Nov 2016 Lyndis Davidson Option 5 commentary, information on safety schemes, flooding schemes, timber transport and bridge weight restrictions. 1.4 24th Nov 2016 Lyndis Davidson Bridges – revised estimate for Kilbridemore bridge. 1.5 14th Dec 2016 Jim Smith ii Roads Annual Status and Options Report (ASOR) V1.5 Contents 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. 1 2 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. -
Public Document Pack Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra Ghaidheal Agus Bhoid
Public Document Pack Argyll and Bute Council Comhairle Earra Ghaidheal agus Bhoid Customer Services Executive Director: Douglas Hendry Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 602127 Fax: 01546 604435 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 13 December 2013 SUPPLEMENTARY PACK 1 PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE - COUNCIL CHAMBERS, KILMORY, LOCHGILPHEAD on WEDNESDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2013 at 10:30 AM I enclose herewith items 6 and 13 which were marked “to follow” on the Agenda for the above meeting along with a supplementary report for item 8. ITEMS TO FOLLOW AND SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 6. MR JAMES PAUL DALY AND ANDREENA DALY: ERECTION OF DWELLINGHOUSE, FORMATION OF CAR PARKING AND SITING OF STEEL CONTAINER UNIT (PARTIALLY RETROSPECTIVE): 3 KYLE VIEW, KILCREGGAN, HELENSBURGH (REF: 13/02045/PP) Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services (Pages 1 - 26) 8. MR SEUMAS MACARTHUR: ERECTION OF FLAG POLE (RETROSPECTIVE): FORESHORE, OPPOSITE 7 SHORE STREET, PORTNAHAVEN, ISLE OF ISLAY (REF: 13/02075/PP) Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services (Pages 27 - 28) 13. 13/02270/S36: CONSULTATION FROM MARINE SCOTLAND RELATIVE TO PROPOSED WEST ISLAY TIDAL ENERGY PARK Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services (Pages 29 - 48) PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE Councillor David Kinniburgh (Chair) Councillor Gordon Blair Councillor Rory Colville Councillor Robin Currie Councillor Mary-Jean Devon Councillor George Freeman Councillor Alistair MacDougall Councillor Robert Graham MacIntyre Councillor Donald MacMillan Councillor -
Tag. 6 Mittwoch, 01.05.2019 the Lochside
Tag. 6 Mittwoch, 01.05.2019 The Lochside & Harbour Inn Hotels, Bowmore (Isle of Islay) auf die Halbinsel Rhinns of Islay (88 km) Heute geht es gegen 09:00 Uhr über Bridgend, Lyrabus und Gruinart (Battle of Traigh Ghruineart 1598, die letzte Schlacht auf Islay) nach Ballinaby und weiter nach Machir Bay, der wohl schönste Badestrand Islay´s. Wer seine Badesachen eingepackt hat, darf gern in die Fluten springen. Wem es nun allerdings etwas kalt geworden ist, der kann sich gegen 10:30 Uhr bei unserer Führung durch die Kilchoman Distillery und anschließendem Tasting aufwärmen. http://kilchomandistillery.com/ Im Anschluss geht es weiter über Kilchiaran entlang der Küste Richtung Portnahaven ins An Tigh Seinnse. Hier werden wir gegen 13:30 Uhr Mittag essen. Portnahaven (gälisch: Port na h-Abhainne) ist eine kleine Ortschaft auf der schottischen Hebrideninsel Islay. Sie befindet sich im Süden der Halbinsel Rhinns of Islay nahe dem Rhinns Point, welcher den südlichsten Punkt der Halbinsel markiert. Die Ortschaft schmiegt sich um eine kleine Bucht. Ihr Hafen liegt geschützt durch die wenige hundert Meter entfernt liegenden Inseln Orsay und Eilean Mhic Coinnich. In Portnahaven endet die A847, die in Bridgend von der A846 abzweigt, und die Ortschaft an das Straßennetz anbindet. Tricia hat hier als Teenager zusammen mit ihrer Tante regelmäßig ihren Urlaub verbracht. Nach unserem hoffentlich köstlichen Mittagessen und etwas Zeit in Portnahaven reisen wir über Ellister und Nerabus weiter zur Bruichladdich Distillery und zurück zum Lochside & Harbour Inn Hotel, wo wir den Tag gemeinsam ausklingen lassen. www.the-clansmen.de - Unter der Rubrik „Reisen“ können Sie unsere vergangenen Clansmen-Touren nachlesen! www.the-clansmen.de - Unter der Rubrik „Reisen“ können Sie unsere vergangenen Clansmen-Touren nachlesen! . -
Argyll and Bute Council Development Services Delegated Or Committee
Argyll and Bute Council Development Services Delegated or Committee Planning Application Report and Report of handling as required by Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 relative to applications for Planning Permission or Planning Permission in Principle Reference No : 13/02075/PP Planning Hierarchy : Local Applicant : Mr Seumas MacArthur Proposal : Erection of flag pole (retrospective) Site Address : Foreshore, Opposite 7 Shore Street, Portnahaven, Isle of Islay DECISION ROUTE Local Government Scotland Act 1973 (A) THE APPLICATION (i) Development Requiring Express Planning Permission • Erection of flagpole. (ii) Other specified operations • Display of flag (flag to be flown is unspecified); • Painting of rock. (B) RECOMMENDATION: Recommend retrospective planning permission is refused for the reasons contained within this report. (C) CONSULTATIONS: None. (D) HISTORY: 12/00265/ENOTH2 – Unauthorised erection of flagpole – case opened on 02.10.12 and closed on 15.10.12 due to the flagpole being removed. (E) PUBLICITY: Listed Building/Conservation Advert - Expiry date: 31.10.2013 (F) REPRESENTATIONS: 32 letters of support and 4 letters of objection have been received. (i) Representations received from: LETTERS OF SUPPORT Cllr Anne Horn. Councillor Ward 2 – Kintyre and the Islands Mr Malcolm McLugash, 6 Shore Stree,t Portnahaven, Isle Of Islay Argyll PA47 7SH Mr John J MacArthur, 4 Shore Street, Portnahaven, Isle Of Islay Argyll PA47 7SH Mrs Alice Black, 3 Campbell Place, -
SNH Commissioned Research Report
SURVEY REPORT Southern Hebrides Islands Rivers Project: Survey of Fish Populations & Habitats 2012 This report should be quoted as: Argyll Fisheries Trust (2013). Southern Hebrides Islands Rivers Project: Survey of fish populations and habitats 2012. Argyll Fisheries Trust, Inveraray, Argyll For further information on this report please contact; Argyll Fisheries Trust, Cherry Park, Inveraray, Argyll, PA32 8XE SURVEY REPORT Summary Southern Hebrides Islands Rivers Project: Survey of fish populations and habitats 2012. Background Argyll Fisheries Trust undertook surveys of fish populations at 94 sites on 35 river catchments on the Isle of Islay, Jura, Coll and Colonsay in 2012. Surveys of fish habitat were also undertaken on 56.8 km of river in ten catchments. The aims of the surveys were to identify fish species distribution, their relative abundance, and identify factors affecting the productivity of fish habitats. Main findings Electrofishing surveys found six native species; Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Brown trout (Salmo trutta fario), European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Flounder (Platichthys flesus), Three- spine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and Lamprey (Lampetra spp.). Juvenile Atlantic salmon were found in eight catchments on the Isle of Islay and three catchments on the Isle of Jura, while no salmon were found on the Isles of Coll or Colonsay. Juvenile brown trout were found in all catchments surveyed on Islay and Jura, but were not found in five of the 13 smaller streams surveyed on the Isle of Coll or four of the five streams surveyed on Colonsay. Where present the relative abundance of juvenile fish varied widely between survey sites in each catchment, ranging from a relatively low to very high abundance when compared to a classification scheme for West Scotland. -
THE PLACE-NAMES of ARGYLL Other Works by H
/ THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES THE PLACE-NAMES OF ARGYLL Other Works by H. Cameron Gillies^ M.D. Published by David Nutt, 57-59 Long Acre, London The Elements of Gaelic Grammar Second Edition considerably Enlarged Cloth, 3s. 6d. SOME PRESS NOTICES " We heartily commend this book."—Glasgow Herald. " Far and the best Gaelic Grammar."— News. " away Highland Of far more value than its price."—Oban Times. "Well hased in a study of the historical development of the language."—Scotsman. "Dr. Gillies' work is e.\cellent." — Frce»ia7is " Joiifnal. A work of outstanding value." — Highland Times. " Cannot fail to be of great utility." —Northern Chronicle. "Tha an Dotair coir air cur nan Gaidheal fo chomain nihoir."—Mactalla, Cape Breton. The Interpretation of Disease Part L The Meaning of Pain. Price is. nett. „ IL The Lessons of Acute Disease. Price is. neU. „ IIL Rest. Price is. nef/. " His treatise abounds in common sense."—British Medical Journal. "There is evidence that the author is a man who has not only read good books but has the power of thinking for himself, and of expressing the result of thought and reading in clear, strong prose. His subject is an interesting one, and full of difficulties both to the man of science and the moralist."—National Observer. "The busy practitioner will find a good deal of thought for his quiet moments in this work."— y^e Hospital Gazette. "Treated in an extremely able manner."-— The Bookman. "The attempt of a clear and original mind to explain and profit by the lessons of disease."— The Hospital. -
Forgotten Lives of the Ileach
ISLAY ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK 10-16 August 2017 Wednesday 16 August, Bowmore ICCI ForgoEen lives of the Ileach The archaeology of Iron Age Dun Fhinn and later seElements of Kintour Professor Steven Mithen ISLAY ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK 10-16 August 2017 Islay Heritage is a charity devoted to furthering knowledge about Islay’s past, and the many ways in which it can be explored and enjoyed by everyone RESEARCH EDUCATION RECREATION CONSERVATION www.islayheritage.org ISLAY ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK 10-16 August 2017 The Islay Show 10 August Imagining Kildalton, Port Ellen 7pm Monday, 14 August Walks to the Giant’s Grave 11, 12, 13 August First footsteps on Islay, Port CharloEe, 7.00pm Tuesday 14 August ISLAY ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK 10-16 August 2017 PREHISTORIC HISTORIC Palaeolithic ?? - 9,600 BC Early Medieval AD 400 – 1100 Arrival of Vikings at 800 Mesolithic 9,600 – 3800 BC Neolithic 3800 – 2000 BC Late Medieval AD 1100- 1600 Treaty of Perth 1266, when Norwegian King handed control of Hebrides to King Bronze Age 2000 – 500 BC of Scotland Post-Medieval AD 1600 – Iron Age 600 BC – AD 400 present day The Kintour Landscape study area Kintour The Kintour Landscape Survey Roddy Regan Archaeological sites listed on Canmore Virtually no systema;c archaeological work in modern ;mes • Cup marked stone • Cist burial • Standing stones • Hut circles, Enclosures, and Homesteads – Bronze and Iron Age? • Five Forts and nine Duns: Iron Age and Medieval? • Medieval sites: chapels and burials • Sheilings, on the higher ground • SeElements A very brief history of landholding on Islay • -
High Constellation Wind Farm Scoping Report Site Location Figure 1
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Argyll Bird Report 18 2001
Cover Picture SNOWY EGRET Balvicar, Sei1 Island, Argyll, November 2001 (seepp 28 and 109-114) Photograph kindly provided by Bill Jackson \ The Eighteenth ARGYLL BIRD REPORT ~. With Systematic List for the year 2001 Edited by J.C.A. Craik Assisted by Paul Daw Systematic List by Paul Daw Published by the Argyll Bird Club (Scottish Charity Number SCO 008782) 0 Argyll Bird Club I Argyll Bird Club W Qurity Numbn SCO 005782 Founded in 1985, the Argyll Bird Club aims to promote interest in and conservation of Argyll's wild birds and their natural environment. The rich diversity of habitats in the county Supports an exceptional variety of bird life. Many sites id&gyll are of international importance. The Club brings together people with varied experience, from complete beginners to experts, and from all walks of life. New members $rcparticularly welcome. Activities Every spring and autumn there is a one-day meeting with illustrated !alks and other features. These meetings are held in conveniently central locations on the'mdjnland. Throughout the year there are field trips to I@ and more &stant.$ites of interest. d. , i -- Publications The annual journal of &e Club is the A?& Bid ripdon containing Shesystematic List of all species recorded in the 'county duhg the previous year, toge+er with other reports and articles,The less formal quarterly newsletter, TheEider, gives details of forthcoming events and activities, reports of recent meetings and field trips, and articles and shorter items by' members and others. Webile llonorary Secretary John Anderson, AdBeag, Connd, Oban, Argyll PA37 1FT Tcl:01631710630 To apply fop rncmbership, plearc (photooqpy and) complcrc the fam below and send to out hlcmbership sarer;uy: Bill Slaley, 16 Glengilp, Ardrishaig, Argyll PA30 811T Tcl: 01546606601 Email: [email protected] Wewish to apply for membership of the Argyll Bird Club.