Coul Point
Coul Point is a cape on the west coast of the Hebridean island of Islay . It marks the northernmost point of the Rhinns of Islay peninsula and is about 13 km north of Portnahaven . The closest village is the small scattered settlement of Kilchoman . Three kilometers to the west is Loch Gorm, the largest lake in Islay. The cape is about 2.6 km wide at the base and protrudes a maximum of 1.6 km from the land mass of the island into the Atlantic Ocean . It separates Machir Bay in the south from Saligo Bay in the north.
history
A long history of settlement is documented for Coul Point. The discovery of a flint , the use of which is dated to the 7th millennium BC using the radiocarbon method , shows the presence of Stone Age people. In 1780, plowing the fields at Coul Farm unearthed a late Bronze Age gold treasure consisting of 36 bracelets. There is a cairn on the hill of Cnoc Mòr , but it was badly damaged by robbers. The comparatively small system has a diameter of eight meters and is half a meter high. The remains of a fort were found on a raised headland above the sea. The system is not described in detail in the literature. In 1941, the British military captured the German submarine U 570 . On the way to being scrapped in 1944, the line between the tug and the submarine broke and U 570 ran aground at Coul Point. Parts of the submarine are still there today.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Coulererach in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Coul Farm in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Cnoc mor Coul in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Fort Coul in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on HMS Graph in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 47 ′ 29 " N , 6 ° 29 ′ 11" W.