Island Macaskin

Island Macaskin or MacAskin is an island in Loch Craignish, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is owned by the Jenkin family and has been since 1904.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Eilean Rìgh and Duntrune Castle.

Eilean Rìgh

Islet

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Eilean Rìgh is an island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Craignish, about 300 metres off the Argyll coastline. The name is Gaelic for "King's Island", although which royal is not known. Eilean Rìgh is situated 2 miles northeast of Island Macaskin.

Duntrune Castle

Castle

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Duntrune Castle is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland. Duntrune Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Island Macaskin.

Craignish Castle

Building

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Craignish Castle is located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, western Scotland and is a category B listed building. The present castle includes a 16th-century tower house, the seat of the Campbell family of Craignish and Jura. Craignish Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Island Macaskin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilmartin and Craobh Haven.

Kilmartin

Village

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Lochgilphead is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240. Kilmartin is situated 3 miles east of Island Macaskin.

Craobh Haven

Village

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Craobh Haven is a small purpose-built village and sailing port on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the Craignish peninsula, 1 mile to the west of the A816 road, approximately 22 miles south of Oban. Craobh Haven is situated 5 miles north of Island Macaskin.

Island Macaskin

Type: Islet
Description: island in Loch Craignish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.135° or 56° 8′ 6″ north

Longitude

-5.5647° or 5° 33′ 53″ west

Elevation

128 feet (39 metres)

Open location code

9C8P4CPP+24

OpenStreetMap ID

way 200743040

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

11996406

Wikidata ID

Q25559

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Island Macaskin” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Eilean Macaskin”
Cebuano: “Island Macaskin”
Chinese: “馬卡斯金島”
French: “Eilean Macaskin”
German: “Makaskin”
Irish: “Eilean MhicAsgain”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Island Macaskin”
Occitan (post 1500): “Eilean Macaskin”
Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean MhicAsgain”
Spanish: “Island Macaskin”
Swedish: “Island Macaskin”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Island Macaskin”. Photo: Nicola Lang, CC BY-SA 2.0.