Knockrome
Knockrome is a hamlet on the island of Jura, in the civil parish of Jura, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. On the 1982 OS 1:10000 map, there were 20 buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet on Jura, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Cnoc Crom”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isle of Jura and Craighouse.
Isle of Jura
Photo: Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. It's 30 miles long by 7 miles wide, with a population of only 196 in 2011. It has poor boggy soil and three conical hills known as the Paps of Jura.
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. Craighouse is situated 3½ miles southwest of Knockrome.
Knockrome
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.87542° or 55° 52′ 32″ northLongitude
-5.90993° or 5° 54′ 36″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C7PV3GR+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 292483969OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Knockrome” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Knockrome”
- Swedish: “Knockrome”
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