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Caol (Gaelic: An Caol) is a village near Fort William, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about north of Fort William town centre, on the shore of Loch Linnhe, and is within the parish of Kilmallie.

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Locality
Caol
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,220
Timezone
Europe/London

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Instance of
village
Official name
Caol
Population
3220
Time zone
UTC±00:00
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Kilmallie Road, Caol - geograph.org.uk - 2145449.jpg
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Caol
historic county
Inverness-shire
postal code
PH33 7
native label
Caol
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Caol (Gaelic: An Caol) is a village near Fort William, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about north of Fort William town centre, on the shore of Loch Linnhe, and is within the parish of Kilmallie.

The name "Caol" is from the Gaelic for "narrow", in this case referring to the narrow water between Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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