Ardskenish, dun site

Places of Interest Nearby

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.

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. Oronsay is situated 2 miles southeast of Ardskenish, dun site.

Oronsay Priory

Cemetery

Photo: Hole in the wall, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oronsay Priory was a monastery of canons regular on the island of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, Argyll, off the coast of Scotland. It was established in the 14th century under the patronage of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles. Oronsay Priory is situated 1½ miles south of Ardskenish, dun site.

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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 northeast of Ardskenish, dun site.

Ardskenish, dun site

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