Craighouse
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Craighouse Scottish Gaelic Taigh na Creige |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 50 ′ N , 5 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 113 (1971) | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF JURA | ||
| ZIP code section | PA60 | ||
| prefix | 01496 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Craig House ( Gaelic : Taigh na Creige ) is the capital of the Hebrides -Insel Jura and belongs administratively to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . In 1971 it had a population of 113 people. The place is located in a sheltered bay of the Jura Sound on the east side of the island. In order to enable the mooring of ships, a pier was built by Thomas Telford .
In the summer months there is a regular ferry service from Craighouse to the Scottish mainland to Tayvallich, but only as a passenger service. To get to Craighouse by car, you first have to take the ferry to the island of Islay , from where another ferry runs from Port Askaig over the Islay Sound to Feolin on Jura.
Craighouse has a primary school and the only hotel on the island of Jura. The Isle of Jura whiskey distillery , the only distillery on the island, has been operating in Craighouse with interruptions since 1810 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ Gazetteer for Scotland: Classification and Statistics ( English ) Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Network presence of the ferry operator
- ↑ Internet presence of the Isle of Jura distillery ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
