Carskiey for sale

[Mary G]

And yours for £2.95 million. An ideal purchase ... if you won Friday's Euromillions

Seriously, one of Kintyre's most under-utilised resources. It has excellent potential, and I have always been sad to see it so neglected.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home ... -1.1060518

There is fantastic potential for the full asset to support many more jobs and bring significant income to the area.

[Bobh]

Not been in it but have walked up to it and had a peak. What a house and in such a fabulous position.

[4th gen Suthen']

beat me to it Mary! was all the talk of the church today!

Cheap at that price surely.

[Mary G]

I think so too, John. There are almost 3,000 hectares, world-class coastline, several sets of accommodation, fabulous 'big house', farm steadings, and more.

Gigha is half the size and went for £4 million almost ten years ago. I think £2.95 million is a very modest starting point. I realise that there is a lot of investment required, but the right business model could generate something very special.

What was the chat at the church?

[Isa]

Never realised it was so grand. I think they would know I was time wasting if I asked for a look. Maybe the new owners will open it up to the public!! What an asset to the area.

http://www.s1homes.com/Campbeltown-prop ... 0389.shtml

[the big man]

radio 2 had it this morning that it was the mull of kintyre for sale for 2.95 million ,

[daisy]

Community buyout, anyone

[bill]

I know that part of selling a house ,or in this case an estate,is making the property and the surrounding area as attractive as possible.Personally I think they have taken it a bit too far with the excerpt below....................


"Campbeltown, 11 miles, has an excellent range of shopping"

I mean to say,Tesco superstore is not open yet.

[petewick]

Definitely cheap at the price, and as you say Mary, loads of potential.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Why is there an "i" in Carskiey when it overlooks Carskey Bay?

[Trev]

"Carskey" is on record in 1692,1705,1789,& 1914. "Carskiey" would appear to be a 20th c. change, as it doesn't appear to have been used before that. I have counted 21 different spellings of the name, some of which are only one letter different from another. Some are no doubt spelling or recording mistakes, and others may have been spellings based on local pronunciations at the time. However, not a single one of these spellings would represent the local pronunciation of today.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Cheers Trev!

[Trev]

Just heard that with the public sector cutbacks, the polis will no longer be using breathalysers in Southend. Instead they're going to ask the driver to spell Carskey correctly. If you get it wrong they ask you for your carkeys !

[Mary G]

All of them represent how the Gaelic name - Carraig Sgéithe - was rendered in English. Often my the map-makers.
This is common, and many places that were named originally in Gaelic endure various English spellings.

[Trev]

Was told by a man in the local pub that it means Winged Rock and refers to the music of Paul McCartney's group.