Eilean Maol Mòr

Eilean Maol Mòr is an islet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Eilean Maol Mòr is situated nearby to the hamlet Acha, as well as near the aerodrome Coll Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dùn an Achaidh and Coll Airport.

Dùn an Achaidh

Archaeological site

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Dùn an Achaidh, sometimes Anglicised as Dun Acha, is a dun located near the village of Acha on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. It is considered the best preserved dun on the island. Dùn an Achaidh is situated 1 mile northwest of Eilean Maol Mòr.

Coll Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coll Island Airport is located 6 miles west–southwest of Arinagour on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides. Coll Airport is situated 2 miles northwest of Eilean Maol Mòr.

Breachacha Castle

Castle

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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 west of Eilean Maol Mòr.

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.

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

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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 3½ miles northeast of Eilean Maol Mòr.

Eilean Maol Mòr

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

56.58438° or 56° 35′ 4″ north

Longitude

-6.57882° or 6° 34′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C8MHCMC+QF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44945715

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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