Colonsay House Gardens
Colonsay House Gardens is a garden in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Colonsay House Gardens is situated nearby to the peak Cnoc Callanta, as well as near the wayside cross Riasg Buidhe Cross.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colonsay House and Riasg Buidhe Cross.
Colonsay House
Manor estate
Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colonsay House is a Georgian country house on the island of Colonsay, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a Category B listed building, and is now in the ownership of the Barons Strathcona. Colonsay House is situated 880 feet northwest of Colonsay House Gardens.
Riasg Buidhe Cross
Wayside cross
Photo: Karenjc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Riasg Buidhe Cross is a cross standing in the gardens of Colonsay House on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It takes its name from the now abandoned and ruined village of Riasg Buidhe, about 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Colonsay House, where it was found in the nineteenth century. Riasg Buidhe Cross is situated 830 feet north of Colonsay House Gardens.
Loch Fada
Lake
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Fada is a loch located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It extends between Kiloran and Lower Kilchattan approximately 3 km and is the largest loch on Colonsay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonsay and Scalasaig.
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.
Colonsay House Gardens
- Type: Garden
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.09076° or 56° 5′ 27″ northLongitude
-6.18732° or 6° 11′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C8M3RR7+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 711685895OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=garden
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cnoc Callanta and Pairc Gharbh, dun site.
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