Dùn Channuill
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Dùn Channuill is a small island in the Garvellachs
in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland
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Dùn Channuill 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.
Garvellachs
The Garvellachs or Isles of the Sea form a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Part of the Argyll and Bute council area, they lie west of Lunga and northwest of Scarba and have been uninhabited since World War II.The islands include Garbh Eileach, Dùn Channuill and Eileach an...
in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Dùn Channuill lies north east of Garbh Eileach
Garbh Eileach
Garbh Eileach is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest of the Garvellachs and lies in the Firth of Lorne between Mull and Argyll.The name is Gaelic for 'rough rocky mound'...
, the largest of the archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
to which it gives its Anglicised name. There is a ruined castle, probably dating from 1400.