A cottage on Islay from Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Scotland and Voyage into the Hebrides, released in 1774. Firstly on the 18th century Considerably of the population of Argyll was being found dispersed in modest clachans of farming people[108] and only two villages of any size, Killarow near Bridgend and Lagavulin, existed on Islay at the time.In