Eilean Na Nighinn

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Recorded parish

Craignish

What is recorded here

Map note: The recorded spot for Eilean Na Nighinn is near Ardfern, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; it is a dun. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 22561

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Photo credits

• Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Steven Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• James McPherson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andrew McIntosh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Patrick Mackie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, en.wiktionary.org
• Stuart Wilding, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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