Ardentinny

Àird an Teine

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

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English / Map Form: Ardentinny

Gaelic Form: Àird an Teine

Location: Port Riddell

Post Town: Dunoon ~ Dùn Obhainn

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Ardentinny

Gaelic Form: Àird an Teine

Language Notes

G nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘height’ + G an, gen. sg. masc. def. art. + gen. sg. G teine, masc. ‘fire, beacon’

Sources

Ardintenne 1548 RMS iv no. 245
Ardintinnie 1695 Commissariot of Argyle p. 23
Ardintinnie 1695 Commissariot of Argyle p. 25
Ardentainsh 1747-55 Roy
Ardentenny 1801 Langlands Map
Ardentinny 1820 Thomson
Aird an teine Robertson
ardƏn djen Diack Ms2276

Additional Information

“the Earls and Dukes of Argyll had a ferry here for passage to Coulport and Roseneath… it was the custom to signal the ferry by lighting a fire. Opposite Ardentinny is Coulport – back ferry…’” MacLean p. 12

Alternative Forms