A' Chill was a village on Canna, in the Scottish

Small Isles The Small Isles () are a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. They lie south of Skye and north of Mull and Ardnamurchan – the most westerly point of mainland Scotland. Until 1891, Canna, Rùm a ...

. The name means "the cell", referring to a

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church, and is often anglicised as "Kil-" in many other Scottish names. Located in the west of Canna, it was the main settlement until 1851 when the island was cleared. There are now only one or two houses near the original site.

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A' Chill
at the Gazetteer for Scotland Populated places in Lochaber Canna, Scotland {{Lochaber-geo-stub