Dùn Channuill

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Dùn Channuill
Location
Dùn Channuill (Scotland)
Dùn Channuill
Dùn Channuill
Dùn Channuill shown within Scotland.
OS grid reference: NM680126
Names
Gaelic name: Dùn Channuill
Meaning of name: Conal's castle
Area and Summit
Area: ha
Highest elevation: 62 m
Population
Population (2001): 0


Groupings
Island Group: Garvellachs
Local Authority: Argyll and Bute
Scotland
References: [1][2][3]

Dùn Channuill is a small island in the Garvellachs in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.

Dùn Channuill lies north east of Garbh Eileach, the largest of the archipelago to which it gives its Anglicised name. There is a ruined castle, probably dating from 1400.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey
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Coordinates: 56°14′59″N 5°44′41″W / 56.24972, -5.74472