Innis Chonain
Appearance
Scottish Gaelic name | Innis Chonain |
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Meaning of name | Island of St Conan |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NN107258 |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Awe |
Area | 8 ha |
Highest elevation | 62 m above sea level |
Administration | |
Council area | Argyll and Bute |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Demographics | |
Population | 5[1] |
Population rank | 76 (Freshwater: 5) [2] |
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References | [3] |
Innis Chonain or Innischonan is an island in Loch Awe, Scotland connected to the mainland by a bridge.
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Walter Douglas Campbell, great-grandfather of the Duke of Argyll built a large house on Innis Chonain and St Conan's Tower in Lochawe as a winter home for the family.[4] Walter was a self-made architect and delighted in building unusual properties, including St Conan’s Kirk, which is on the mainland nearby, an eccentric blend of church styles.[5]
56°23′13″N 5°3′57″W / 56.38694°N 5.06583°W
Footnotes
- ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 50 Glen Orchy & Loch Etive (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319229781.
- ^ "St Conan's Tower Apartments". Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- ^ "Lochawe". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2007.