Loch an Sgoltaire
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Loch an Sgoltaire is a loch
located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay
, Scotland. It is located at , northwest of Kiloran.
On one of the islands in the loch is a ruined castle similar to Loch Gorm Castle
, Islay
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Loch
Loch is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay...
located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay
Colonsay
Colonsay is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull and has an area of . It is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeill. Aligned on a south-west to north-east axis, it measures in length and reaches at its widest...
, Scotland. It is located at , northwest of Kiloran.
On one of the islands in the loch is a ruined castle similar to Loch Gorm Castle
Loch Gorm Castle
Loch Gorm Castle is a ruined castle located on the isle of Eilean Mór on Loch Gorm, Islay, Scotland. It was once a stronghold of Clan Macdonald....
, Islay
Islay
-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...
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