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Places of Interest

Oronsay

Island

Photo: Tony Kinghorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oronsay, also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of 543 hectares.

Colonsay Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Gordon Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Colonsay Airport is located on the island of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Located 3 nautical miles west of Scalasaig, it is a small airport, with 25-minute flights every Tuesday and Thursday to Oban Airport by Hebridean Air Services.

Dùn Cholla

Archaeological site

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

Dùn Cholla is a hill fort located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. The site is located at grid reference NR37759150. According to tradition it was a fort of Colla Uais after being exiled from Ireland in 310.

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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.

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