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’Element Meaning
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