Shiskine

Shiskine
Scottish Gaelic: An t-Seasgann
The church, dedicated to St Molios who was a hermit on Holy Isle
Shiskine Shiskine shown within North Ayrshire
OS grid reference	NR911298
Civil parish	Kilmory
Council area	North Ayrshire
Lieutenancy area	Ayrshire and Arran
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF ARRAN
Postcode district	KA27
Dialling code	01770
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish Parliament	Cunninghame North
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Coordinates: 55°31′05″N 5°18′29″W / 55.518°N 5.308°W / 55.518; -5.308

Shiskine (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Seasgann) is a small village on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilmory.^[1] Sitting further up the "Shiskine Valley" from the village of Blackwaterfoot, the village takes its name from a corruption of the Gaelic for "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] and Balmichael Centre is just to the north of the village on the String Road. There is also an ancient stone circle at Cnoc Ballygowan close by to the village, purportedly of Pictish origin.^[4] Shiskine is close to the peaks of Beinn Nuis and Beinn Bharrain.

References

↑ "Details of Shiskine". Scottish Places. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
↑ "Shiskine Primary School". Education Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
↑ "Saint Molaise's Chapel, Pien, Arran". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
↑ "Site Record for Arran, Cnoc Ballygowan". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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Arran

Main villages	Brodick Lamlash Lochranza Whiting Bay

Smaller villages and settlements	Birchburn Blackwaterfoot Catacol Cladach Corrie Dippen Kildonan Kilmory Lagg Machrie Pirnmill Sannox Shiskine Sliddery Whitefarland

Mountains and hills	Goat Fell Beinn Tarsuinn Caisteal Abhail Cìr Mhòr Creag Ghlas Laggan Tighvein Sleeping Warrior

History	Brodick Castle Lochranza Castle Kildonan Castle Hutton's Unconformity Bruce's Castle

Environment	Arran whitebeams Glenashdale Falls

Economy	The Arran Banner Arran distillery

Surrounding islands	Holy Isle Pladda Hamilton Isle Islands of the Clyde

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 240596889 GND: 7703046-1

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