Machrihanish (Scottish Gaelic: Machaire Shanais pronounced [maxəɾʲə hanəʃ]) is a village in Argyll, Scotland. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Argyll, Archaically Argyle ( Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic) is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Machrihanish boasts a classic links golf course described by many as the defining links course in Scotland. The Machrihanish Golf Club is a classic Scottish links course situated in Machrihanish at the southern tip of the Mull of Kintyre.
Campbeltown Airport, formerly RAF Machrihanish is located near the village. Campbeltown Airport is located 3 Nautical miles (56 km west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland RAF Machrihanish is a former Royal Air Force station located three miles (5 km from the town of Campbeltown at the tip of Kintyre. Although still available to the Royal Air Force this is now in "Care and Maintenance" and is used as a civil airfield and temporary training ground for military units.
Coal was mined near the village.
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden built a radio transmitting station with a 400 foot high mast here in 1905 to transmit Wireless Telegraphy to a similar station at Brant Rock in Massachusetts, USA. Reginald Aubrey Fessenden ( October 6, 1866 &ndash July 22, 1932) born in East Bolton, Quebec, Canada, was Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The term Wireless Telegraphy is a historic term used today as applied to early Radio Telegraph communications techniques and practices Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock are two villages in the town of Marshfield in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An exchange of message was passed on 1 January 1906 but the mast blew down in a gale on 5 December 1906 and was never rebuilt. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
Cadets from the Air Training Corps recreated this historic trans-atlantic transmission in Easter of 2006. Edinburgh and South Scotland Wing, who were on camp at the nearby airfield, contacted the Civil Air Patrol cadets in Brant Rock on the 14th April 2006. Air Cadets website
See also
External links
- Machrihanish website
- Map sources for Machrihanish
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