Eilean dà Mhèinn, is a small inhabited island in
Loch Crinan
Loch Crinan is a seawater loch on the West of Scotland, leading into the Sound of Jura and being the western end of the Crinan Canal. The village of Crinan is at the entrance to the canal at the eastern end of the loch. Duntrune Castle stands o ...
and one of the
Inner Hebrides
The Inner Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan a-staigh'', "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, whic ...
of Scotland.
It is about to the west of the village of
Crinan Crinan is a name of Gaelic origin and it has a number of contexts:
* Crinan, Argyll
Crinan ( gd, An Crìonan) is a small village located on the west coast of Scotland in the region known as Knapdale, which is part of Argyll and Bute.
Before the ...
in
Knapdale
Knapdale ( gd, Cnapadal, IPA: ˆkraÊ°pÉ™t̪əɫ̪ forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, ...
at high tide and only a fraction of that distance from the mainland shore at low tide.
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Although apparently not permanently inhabited in 2001 according to the 2011 census there was a single inhabitant at that time.][ It has a landing stage on the eastern shore and a building near the centre of the island.][
The crowded harbour at Crinan has so many moorings that "it is no longer possible to anchor to the south or east" of the island.][Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 31]
Eilean dà Mhèinn is part of the Knapdale National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland."National Scenic Areas"
. SNH. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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Islands of Argyll and Bute
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