Caol Ila, 
gaelic for
"The sound of Islay". 
In 1846 Hector Henderson, 
a partner in the Littlemill 
distillery came to Islay to build 
a distillery. He chosed a scenic but 
remote place attracted of good supply 
of clean and good water from nearby Loch 
Nam Ban. The view over the Sound of Jura 
from Caol Ila is a far more beautiful than 
the distillery itself, that looks more 
industrial than picturesque. In 1972 
it was closed down for rebuilding,
£ 1 millon later the new 
distillery reopened
in 1974.