Loch Leòdamais
| Loch Leòdamais | ||
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| Waters | North channel | |
| Land mass | Islay | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 37 '40 " N , 6 ° 11' 10" W | |
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| width | 300 m | |
| depth | 400 m | |
Loch Leòdamais is a small bay on the south coast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . At the entrance the bay, which cuts about 400 m into the land, is 170 m wide and then widens to a maximum of 300 m. At the entrance, the two capes Rubha Glas in the north and Rubha a 'Chuinnlein in the south border the bay. The bay opens to the southwest to the Atlantic Ocean . The natural harbor was used as the site of the planned Port Ellen settlement . This was built around the bay from 1821 and completely encloses it.
On the south coast of Rubha Glas there are two piers from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the concrete pier of the ferry that connects the island with Kennacraig on Kintyre . Numerous ships sank in the hole over the centuries. In 1832 was awarded the Port Ellen Lighthouse the opposite Ellen Port in the north of about two kilometers away, Oa Peninsula heeled Lighthouse , the entrance marked in the harbor.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Loch Leòdamais in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland