Cnoc na Faire

Places of Interest

Dùn Meadhonach

Fort

Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dùn Meadhonach is a hillfort located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. The site is located at grid reference NR36509472. The fort overlooks Port Mòr and the village of Lower Kilchattan.

Colonsay House

Manor estate

Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colonsay House is a Georgian country house on the island of Colonsay, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a Category B listed building, and is now in the ownership of the Barons Strathcona. Colonsay House is situated 2 miles southwest of Cnoc na Faire.

Riasg Buidhe Cross

Wayside cross

Photo: Karenjc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Riasg Buidhe Cross is a cross standing in the gardens of Colonsay House on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It takes its name from the now abandoned and ruined village of Riasg Buidhe, about 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Colonsay House, where it was found in the nineteenth century. Riasg Buidhe Cross is situated 2 miles southwest of Cnoc na Faire.

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Colonsay

Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides, about 8 miles long by 2½ miles wide, with Scalasaig as its main settlement and ferry pier. Colonsay is rocky yet fertile, with fine beaches, and had a population of 135 in 2011.

Scalasaig

Village

Photo: dun deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scalasaig lies on the east coast of Colonsay, in the council area of Argyll and Bute of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island and its only port; thus tourists arriving by ferry must pass through it on the way to any part of the isle. Scalasaig is situated 3½ miles southwest of Cnoc na Faire.

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