McArthurs Head
McArthurs Head is a cape in Scotland, United Kingdom. McArthurs Head is situated nearby to the locality Ceann Garbh, as well as near the hamlet Camas an Staca.Places of Interest
Highlights include McArthur’s Head Lighthouse and Beinn na Caillich.
Claig Castle
Ruins
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Claig Castle was a stronghold of the Clan Donald or MacDonald in the south of Scotland. It has been classified as a Category C listed building since 23 December 1988.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardtalla and Ballygrant.
Ardtalla
Hamlet
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardtalla is a place name and estate in the southeast coastal area of Islay, Scotland. The name derives from Gaelic Àird, a "point", and talla, a now obsolete word for rock, not "high grave" as suggested by some.
Ballygrant
Village
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Ballygrant is a small village on the Inner Hebrides island of Islay of the western coast of Scotland. The village is within the parish of Killarow and Kilmeny.
Craighouse
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craighouse is the main settlement and capital of the Scottish Inner Hebridean island of Jura, in Argyll and Bute. In 1971 it had a population of 113. The village is situated on the sheltered east coast of the island at the southern end of Small Isles Bay, on the Sound of Jura.
McArthurs Head
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Mac Arthur’s”, “McArthur Head”, and “McArthur’s Head”
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.76471° or 55° 45′ 53″ northLongitude
-6.04684° or 6° 2′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C7MQX73+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4250744347OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2642868
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