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Port Ellen
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 Port Ellen | |
  Port Ellen Location within Argyll and Bute | |
| Population | 810 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NR365455 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF ISLAY |
| Postcode district | PA42 |
| Dialling code | 01496 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Port Ellen (Scottish Gaelic: Port Ìlein) is a small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland. The town is named after the wife of its founder, Walter Frederick Campbell.[2] Its previous name, Leòdamas, is derived from Old Norse meaning "Leòd's Harbour".
Port Ellen is built around Leodamais Bay, Islay's main deep water harbour. It is the largest town on Islay, only slightly larger than Bowmore and provides the main ferry connection between Islay and the mainland, at Kennacraig. The Port Ellen Distillery was first established in the 1820s and ceased production of Scotch whisky in 1983. The large malting continues to produce for the majority of the distilleries on Islay.[3][4]
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. 2007. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.
- ^ "Port Ellen". Isle of Islay. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ^ "Port Ellen Distillery". Islay Whisky. Retrieved 1 March 2009.