Knockan
Knockan is a township of six crofts in the community of Ardtun, in the south of the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. Cnocan in Gaelic means "little hill".Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Suidhe.
Suidhe
Dwelling
Suidhe is a ruined township located on the southwestern peninsula of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It lies about three-quarters mile to the west of the village of Bunessan in the civil parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon. Suidhe is situated 2 miles southwest of Knockan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardtun and Bunessan.
Ardtun
Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardtun is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Ardtun is within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon.
Bunessan
Village
Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fionnphort is a small fishing port at the far west of the Ross of Mull, where the ferry crosses to Iona. The population is about 80 and the village has limited accommodation or other amenities. Bunessan is situated 1½ miles southwest of Knockan.
Uisken
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uisken is a settlement on a sandy bay on the Ross of Mull in the south of the Isle of Mull, on the west coast of Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon. Uisken is situated 3 miles south of Knockan.
Knockan
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.3315° or 56° 19′ 53″ northLongitude
-6.20066° or 6° 12′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C8M8QJX+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6418077156OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q6422820
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Knockan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Knockan”
- Dutch: “Knockan”
- French: “Knockan”
- Irish: “An Cnocan”
- Japanese: “ノッカーン”
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