Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eorsa

Eorsa, a small island of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon parish, Argyllshire, on the W side of Mull, in Lochna-Keal, 2 miles NE of Inch Kenneth. It belonged anciently to the Abbey of Iona, and is now the property of the Duke of Argyll. It was described in 1549, by Dean Munro, as ` fertile and full of corn, ' but now is used only for sheep pasture.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a small island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Argyll ScoCnty

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