The A846 road is one of the two principal roads of Islay

Islay

-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...

 in the Inner Hebrides

Inner Hebrides

The Inner Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which enjoy a mild oceanic climate. There are 36 inhabited islands and a further 43 uninhabited Inner Hebrides with an area greater than...

 off the west coast of mainland Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and the only 'A' road on the neighbouring island of Jura

Jura, Scotland

Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, situated adjacent and to the north-east of Islay. Part of the island is designated as a National Scenic Area. Until the twentieth century Jura was dominated - and most of it was eventually owned - by the Campbell clan of Inveraray Castle on Loch...

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A ferry connects the two islands across the Sound of Islay

Sound of Islay

The Sound of Islay is a narrow strait between the islands of Islay and Jura off the west coast of Scotland. It is approximately in extent from north to south and lies between Rubh' a' Mhàil on Islay and Rubh' Aird na Sgitheich on Jura to the north and Macarthur's Head and Rubha na Tràille to the...

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It connects Lussagiven on Jura with Ardbeg

Ardbeg

Ardbeg Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the south coast of the isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides group of islands. The distillery claims to produce the peatiest Islay whisky and uses malted barley sourced from the maltings in Port Ellen. It is one of the...

 on Islay which is a distance of some 46½ miles by road – considerably less by boat.

Settlements on or near the A846

North to South

• Lussagiven
• Craighouse
  Craighouse
  Craighouse is the main settlement on the Scottish Inner Hebridean Isle of Jura. The village is situated on the sheltered east coast of Jura at the southern end of Small Isles Bay....
  
  
• Cabrach
• Feolin Ferry
• Port Askaig
  Port Askaig
  Port Askaig is a port village on the east coast of the island of Islay, in Scotland.-Transport:Port Askaig serves as the main port of Islay, sharing passenger services to the Scottish mainland with Port Ellen...
  
  
• Kiells
• Ballygrant
  Ballygrant
  Ballygrant is a small village on the Inner Hebrides island of Islay of the western coast of Scotland.Ballygrant is the longest established village on Islay, pre-dating the clearance and distillery villages on the coast, and nearby place names suggest connections to Viking times.Ballygrant means...
  
  
• Bridgend
  Bridgend, Islay
  Bridgend is a village on the Inner Hebrides island of Islay off the western coast of Scotland at the tip of Loch Indaal.The island's two main road the A846 and A847 meet in the village just north of the bridge over the River Sorn that gives the village its name....
  
   (junction with the A847
  A847 road
  The A847 road is one of the two principal roads of Islay in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland.It connects Bridgend, at a junction with the A846 road, with Portnahaven at the southern end of the Rinns of Islay peninsula...
  
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• Bowmore
  Bowmore
  Bowmore Bowmore Bowmore (Scottish Gaelic: Bogh Mòr is a village on the Scottish island of Islay and serves as administrative capital of the island. It gives its name to the famous distillery producing Bowmore Single Malt, a single malt scotch whisky.-History:...
  
  
• Glenegedale
• Port Ellen
  Port Ellen
  Port Ellen is a small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland.Port Ellen is named after the wife of the founder, Frederick Campbell of Islay. Its previous name, Leòdamas, is derived from old Norse meaning "Leòd's Harbour"....
  
  
• Laphroaig
  Laphroaig
  Laphroaig , is an Islay single malt Scotch whisky distillery and brand name. It is named for the area of land at the head of Loch Laphroaig on the south coast of the Isle of Islay...
  
  
• Lagavulin
  Lagavulin
  Lagavulin is a small village approximately three miles outside Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, Scotland.It is best known for being the home of Lagavulin single malt whisky....
  
  
• Ardbeg