Ardbeg, Islay

{{Short description|Settlement on Islay, in Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| official_name = Ardbeg

| gaelic_name =

| static_image_name = Ardbeg across bay - Canthusus.JPG

| static_image_caption = Ardbeg and the distillery

| population =

| coordinates = {{coord|55.636|-6.127|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = NR415464

| civil_parish = Kildalton and Oa

| unitary_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| lieutenancy_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| constituency_westminster = Argyll and Bute

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Argyll and Bute

| post_town = ISLE OF ISLAY

| postcode_district = PA42

| postcode_area = PA

| dial_code = 01496

| hide_services = Yes

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Ardbeg (Scottish Gaelic: An Àird Bheag) is a small settlement on southern coast of the island of Islay, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of Scotland. It is around {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} east of Port Ellen and {{convert|1|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=off}} northeast of Lagavulin at the eastern terminus of the A846 road.

Ardbeg is the site of the Ardbeg distillery which was established in 1815 and produces malt whisky. The village grew up around the distilleryWilson.N (2003) Ardbeg in The Island Whisky Trail pp.32-43, Colour Books Ltd. ([https://books.google.com/books?id=lGUq5SgL1w8C available online]), retrieved 2015-10-20. and by 1900 was home to over 40 distillery workersWilson.N op. cit. p.34[http://www.ardbegproject.com/history.shtml History], Ardbeg project. Retrieved 2015-10-20. and had a village school with over 100 pupils. By the end of the 1920s the decline in the village was "noticeable".Wilson.N op. cit. p.38

The name Ardbeg is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic An Àird Bheag, meaning The Small Promontory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/ardbeg/|title=Ardbeg|website=www.ainmean-aite.scot|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-12-17|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213201602/https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/ardbeg/|url-status=dead}}