Dùn Chonnuill
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Dùn Chonnuill is a small island in the Garvellachs in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.
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Scottish Gaelic name | Dùn Chonnuill |
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Meaning of name | Conal's castle |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NM680126 |
Coordinates | 56.25°N 5.74°W / 56.25; -5.74 |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Garvellachs |
Highest elevation | 62 m |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Argyll and Bute |
Demographics | |
Population | 0[1] |
References | [2][3] |
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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]