Kerrera

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Kerrera is a small Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides, located near Oban on the country’s west coast.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gylen Castle 0
Bàrr Mòr 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inner Hebrides island
Scottish island
castle
island
builtBy Clan MacDougall NERFINISHED
constructionDate 16th century
country Scotland
currentPrimaryLanguage English
elevation about 189 metres
ferryType passenger ferry
governedBy Argyll and Bute Council
hasArea about 12 square kilometres
hasCastle Gylen Castle
hasFerryConnectionTo Gallanach
mainland near Oban
hasHarbourOrBay Ardantrive Bay
Horseshoe Bay
Horseshoe Bay
surface form: Little Horseshoe Bay
hasLength about 7 kilometres
hasNearbyIsland Lismore
Mull
Seil
hasOSGridReference NM835265
hasPostTown Oban
hasRoadNetwork no public roads
tracks and farm roads only
hasSettlement Ardantrive
Balliemore
Lower Gylen
Upper Gylen
hasTeaRoom Kerrera Tea Garden
hasWalkingRoute circular island path
hasWidth up to about 2.5 kilometres
highestPoint Bàrr Mòr
historicalClanAssociation Clan MacDougall NERFINISHED
languageHistoricallySpoken Scottish Gaelic
locatedIn Argyll and Bute NERFINISHED
Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED
locatedNear Oban
locatedOn Kerrera self-linksurface differs
locatedOnCoast west coast of Scotland
overlooks Firth of Lorn
popularFor day trips from Oban
walking
wildlife watching
population around 30 to 40 residents
sea Firth of Lorn
usedFor cattle grazing
crofting
sheep farming

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oban hasNearbyIsland Kerrera
Kerrera locatedOn Kerrera self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Gylen Castle