Ardtalla
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Ardtalla () is a place name and estate in the southeast coastal area of Islay, Scotland. The name derives from Gaelic Àird, a "point", and talla, a now obsolete word for rock, not "high grave" as suggested by some. A well-defined track emanates from the Ardtalla Estate encountering coastal scenery and an Iron Age fort.
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Ardtalla () is a place name and estate in the southeast coastal area of Islay, Scotland. The name derives from Gaelic Àird, a "point", and talla, a now obsolete word for rock, not "high grave" as suggested by some. A well-defined track emanates from the Ardtalla Estate encountering coastal scenery and an Iron Age fort.
==Historical perspective== According to Roger Redfern, Saint Columba landed nearby at Ardmore Point on his historic journey from Ireland around the Hebrides. In Redfern's book, Walking in the Hebrides, he details scenic and historic elements in and around the Ardtalla Estate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ardtalla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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