Garvellachs
Sign in to saveThe Garvellachs (Scottish Gaelic: Na Garbh Eileacha) or Isles of the Sea form a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The islands include Garbh Eileach, Dùn Chonnuill and Eileach an Naoimh. Part of the Argyll and Bute council area, they lie in Firth of Lorne west of Lunga and northwest of Scarba and have been uninhabited since the 19th century.
Key facts
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- The Garvellachs
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- Garvellachs off Oban, Argyllshire.svg
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- 250px
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- The Garvellachs in relation to mainland Argyll, Scotland
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- Isles of the Sea
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- Na Garbh Eileacha
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- gd
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- Country
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- Scotland
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- Beehive cell, Eileach nan Naoimh, Garvellachs - geograph.org.uk - 243191.jpg
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- A rocky island with a small circular structure on it. In the middle distance there lies a yacht in blue water with another rocky isle beyond and a high shoreline in the distance.
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- A beehive hut on Eileach an Naoimh with Scarba in the distance
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- Archipelago
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- Metric
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- 230
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- GMT
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The Garvellachs (Scottish Gaelic: Na Garbh Eileacha) or Isles of the Sea form a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The islands include Garbh Eileach, Dùn Chonnuill and Eileach an Naoimh. Part of the Argyll and Bute council area, they lie in Firth of Lorne west of Lunga and northwest of Scarba and have been uninhabited since the 19th century.
The islands are known for their early Christian connections to Brendan the Navigator and Columba and for their bedrock containing rare formations in relation to the global Sturtian glaciation.