Colonsay, Dun Gallain

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Colonsay and Oronsay

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Map note: Colonsay, Dun Gallain is a fort near Lower Kilchattan, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 37978

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• Russel Wills, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rob Farrow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Gordon Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Tom Richardson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Julian Paren, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Hoult, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Tony Kinghorn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andrew Abbott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alan Reid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Dun GallainArchaeological place · 10 ydPort LobhBay · 423 ydColonsay AirfieldAirfield (20th Century) · 1111 ydTobar FuarArchaeological place · 1276 ydColonsay, Ardskenish FarmFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1.1 miPort MòrBay · 1.2 miTràigh nam BàrcBeach / strand · 1.2 miBeinn nan CaorachMountain / peak · 1.2 miColonsay, Machrins FarmFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1.2 miBeinn OronsayMountain / peak · 2.5 miOronsay PrioryHeritage attraction · 2.6 mi

Explorer Tom Oronsay Priory waits on a tidal island south of Colonsay, and the sea insists on checking your appointment before you…

Mary Wilson: Seal Island, Oronsay, AtlanticBrig (19th Century) · 3.2 mi

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