Eilean Ascaoineach
Eilean Ascaoineach is an islet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Eilean Ascaoineach is situated nearby to the hamlet Breachacha, as well as near the locality Glac Shilisteir.Places of Interest
Highlights include Coll Airport and Dùn Beic.
Coll Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coll Island Airport is located 5 NM west southwest of Arinagour on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides. Coll Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Eilean Ascaoineach.
Dùn Beic
Archaeological site
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Dùn Beic is a dun located on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. It is located at grid reference NM15495644 and is thought to date to between 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. Dùn Beic is situated 2 miles northeast of Eilean Ascaoineach.
Breachacha Castle
Castle
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breachacha Castle is either of two structures on the shore of Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll, Scotland. The earlier is a 15th-century tower house that was a stronghold of the Macleans of Coll, the island having been granted to John Maclean in 1431. Breachacha Castle is situated 2 miles east of Eilean Ascaoineach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acha and Coll.
Acha
Hamlet
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Acha is a small hamlet on the Scottish island of Coll. Acha is situated 3½ miles east of Eilean Ascaoineach.
Coll
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coll is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide and in 2011 had a population of 195, mostly in the ferry port of Arinagour.
Arinagour
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arinagour is a village on the island of Coll, in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island, and the location of the island's ferry terminal. It has a population of around 50. Arinagour is situated 6 miles east of Eilean Ascaoineach.
Eilean Ascaoineach
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.59693° or 56° 35′ 49″ northLongitude
-6.67766° or 6° 40′ 40″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C8MH8WC+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 44945693OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13284953
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