Ardbeg (

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: An Àird Bheag) is a small settlement on southern coast of the island of

Islay Islay ( ; , ) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll and Bute just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The island's cap ...

, in the council area of

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod ...

, off the west coast of

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. It is around east of

Port Ellen Port Ellen () 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. Its previous name, ''Leòdamas'', is derived from Old Norse meaning "Leòd's Harbour". Port E ...

and northeast of Lagavulin at the eastern terminus of the A846 road. Ardbeg is the site of the Ardbeg distillery which was established in 1815 and produces

malt whisky Malt whisky is whisky made from a fermented mashing, mash consisting of malted barley. If the product is made exclusively at a single distillery (along with other restrictions), it is typically called a single malt whisky. Although malt whisky ca ...

. The village grew up around the distilleryWilson.N (2003) Ardbeg in ''The Island Whisky Trail'' pp.32-43, Colour Books Ltd.
available online
, retrieved 2015-10-20. and by 1900 was home to over 40 distillery workersWilson.N op. cit. p.34History
Ardbeg project. Retrieved 2015-10-20. and had a village school with over 100 pupils. By the end of the 1920s the decline in the village was "noticeable".Wilson.N op. cit. p.38 The name ''Ardbeg'' is an

anglicisation Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

of the

''An Àird Bheag'', meaning ''The Small Promontory''.

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Villages in Islay {{Argyll-geo-stub