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Houses for sale jura scotland1/13/2024 Vikings ĭál Riata was ultimately destroyed when Vikings invaded, and established their own domain, spreading more extensively over the islands north and west of the mainland, including Jura. It is believed that Jura may have been Hinba, the island to which the 6th-century missionary, Columba, retreated from the monastic community he founded on Iona, when he wished for a more contemplative life. The kingdom thrived for a few centuries, and formed a springboard for Christianisation of the mainland. It was divided into a handful of regions, controlled by particular kin groups, of which the Cenél nÓengusa controlled Jura and Islay. Jura is closer to Ireland's northern province of Ulster than it is to Glasgow, so it should not be unexpected that Irish people crossed the Straits of Moyle and established the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata. There is a Neolithic chambered cairn at Poll a' Cheo in the southwest of the island. History Early years A Neolithic monument at TarbertĮvidence of settlements on Jura dating from the Mesolithic period was first uncovered by the English archaeologist John Mercer in the 1960s. These hills were the subject of William McTaggart's 1902 painting The Paps of Jura, displayed in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The route of the annual Isle of Jura Fell Race includes all three Paps and four other hills. The Paps dominate the landscape in the region and are visible from the Mull of Kintyre and, on a clear day, from the Isle of Skye and Northern Ireland. Beinn a' Chaolais (Gaelic: 'mountain of the kyle') is the lowest of the Paps, reaching 733 metres (2,405 ft).Beinn Shiantaidh (Gaelic: 'holy mountain') stands at 757 metres (2,484 ft) high.Beinn an Òir (Gaelic: 'mountain of gold') is the highest, standing at 785 metres (2,575 ft), and is thereby a Corbett. The term "pap" is often used for a breast-shaped hill. The island is dominated by three steep-sided conical quartzite mountains on its western side, the Paps of Jura, which rise to 785 metres (2,575 ft). Paps of Jura A view making clear how the Paps acquired their name, "paps" being an informal English word for breasts or teats. The west coast also has a number of raised beaches, which are regarded as a geological feature of international importance. The dykes are most apparent on the west coast, where erosion of the less-resistant rock into which they are intruded has left them exposed as natural walls. On the western half of the island the quartzite has been penetrated by a number of linear basalt dykes that were formed during a period of intense volcanic activity in the early Palaeogene period, 56 million years ago. Jura is composed largely of Dalradian quartzite, a hard metamorphic rock that provides the jagged surface of the Paps. These places are not classified as settlements by the Ordnance Survey but are shown on the A-Z Great Britain Road atlas 2022 Places classified as settlements by the Ordnance Survey include: The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares (117 sq mi): 21,072 of land and 9,245 of adjacent sea. The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is designated a national scenic area (NSA), one of 40 such areas in Scotland. īetween Jura's northern tip and the island of Scarba lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes passage dangerous at certain states of the tide. George Orwell lived on Jura intermittently from 1946 to 1949, and completed his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four while living at a remote farmhouse. North of Craighouse are a number of other small settlements on or near the east coast: Keils, Knockrome, Ardfernal, Lagg, Tarbert, Ardlussa (home of Lussa Gin) and Inverlussa. Craighouse also houses the island's shop, church, primary school, the Jura hotel and bar, a gallery, craft shop, tearoom and the community run petrol pumps. The Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura single malt whisky, is in the village, as is the island's rum distillery which opened in 2021. The main settlement is the east coast village of Craighouse. The island is mountainous, bare and largely infertile, covered by extensive areas of blanket bog. With an area of 36,692 hectares (142 sq mi), and 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura ( / ˈ dʒ ʊər ə/ JOOR-ə Scottish Gaelic: Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay.
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