Official Name: | Shiskine |
Gaelic Name: | An t-Seasgann |
Static Image Name: | St Molios, Shiskine 450730.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The church, dedicated to St Molios who was a hermit on Holy Isle |
Country: | Scotland |
Map Type: | Scotland |
Os Grid Reference: | NR911298 |
Coordinates: | 55.518°N -5.308°W |
Post Town: | ISLE OF ARRAN |
Postcode Area: | KA |
Postcode District: | KA27 |
Dial Code: | 01770 |
Civil Parish: | Kilmory |
Unitary Scotland: | North Ayrshire |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Ayrshire and Arran |
Constituency Westminster: | North Ayrshire and Arran |
Shiskine (Gaelic; 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] There is a possible hillfort at Cnoc Ballygowan close by to the village, though its antiquity is disputed.[4] Shiskine is close to the peaks of Beinn Nuis and Beinn Bharrain.