Dùn Chonnuill

Dùn Chonnuill is a small island in the Garvellachs in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.

Dùn Chonnuill
Scottish Gaelic nameDùn Chonnuill
Meaning of nameConal's castle
Location
Dùn Chonnuill is located in Argyll and Bute
Dùn Chonnuill
Dùn Chonnuill
Dùn Chonnuill shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNM680126
Coordinates56.25°N 5.74°W / 56.25; -5.74
Physical geography
Island groupGarvellachs
Highest elevation62 m
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaArgyll and Bute
Demographics
Population0[1]
Lymphad
References[2][3]

Dùn Chonnuill lies north east of Garbh Eileach, the largest of the archipelago to which it gives its anglicised name. There is a ruined castle, probably dating from 1400. The "hereditary keeper" of the castle is Charles Maclean, son of the late Fitzroy Maclean.[2]

Footnotes

  1. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  3. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.

56°14′59″N 5°44′41″W


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