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Carsaig, a place on the S coast of Mull island, Argyllshire, immediately W of the mouth of Loch Boy. Two natural archways in sea-cliffs here, known as the Carsaig Arches, have recently acquired much celebrity; one of them is a tunnel, 60 feet high, 55 wide, and 150 long, through a projecting mass of rock, crested with a basaltic colonnade, and overhung by a cliff which also has colonnades, and rises to an altitude of 983 feet. The other arch is only a few feet long, but 70 feet high; and it pierces an isolated rock about 120 feet high, crowned by a basaltic column. The freestone used in the restoration (1874-76) of Iona's ancient remains was taken from Carsaig Quarry, which, it is supposed, supplied the original materials.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Argyll ScoCnty |
| Place: | Carsaig |
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