Coll (Cola) :: Shared Description

The Isle of Coll lies in the Sea of the Hebrides to the west of the much larger island of Mull, and immediately to the northeast of its neighbour, Tiree (Tiriodh).
Coll is much hillier and far less suitable for agriculture than Tiree, though the latter has slightly higher hills at its western edge whereas Coll has a distribution of c.60m hills over much of its terrain. Its highest point, Ben Hogh, achieving just 106m (348'). This difference in topography results in Coll having less than a third of the population of its neighbour.
Whereas Tiree is criss-crossed by a network of roads and lanes, Coll only really has one major road with a few (dead-end) 'branches'. Like Tiree, it is famed for its beaches, especially along its northwest coast and the massive expanse of dunes at the southwest of the island between Feall and Crossapol Bays.
Just off the SW coast is the small uninhabited island of Gunna (69ha, 170 acres (c.¼ mile²)) and off its NE coast a collection of uninhabited islets, the "Cairns of Coll" the largest of which is Eilean Mòr (c.18ha, 45 acres)
Statistics (Coll main island)
Area: 7,685ha (29.67 miles²)
Population: 195 (2011 census)
Density 2.537/km² (6.572/mile²)
Highest Point: Ben Hogh, 106m (348')
Principal settlement: Arinagour (with about ¼ of the island's population)

by Rob Farrow
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NM1553 : Coll - Breachacha Steading and Farmhouse by Rob Farrow
NM1858 : Coll - Ben Hogh by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - War Memorial and garden by Rob Farrow
NM1553 : Coll - Breachacha - Standing Stone by Rob Farrow
NM1655 : Coll - Totronald - Na Sgialaichean - Standing Stone (Southern) by Rob Farrow
NM2763 : Coll - Sorisdale - Stream and house by Rob Farrow
NM2256 : Coll - Ferry Terminal - Whale's jawbone arch by Rob Farrow
NM2256 : Coll - Sgeir Mhic-Charraid (McQuarrie's Rock) by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - Coll Hotel three-quarter view by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - Numbers 1 to 5, Main Street by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - Shore Street by Rob Farrow
NM2763 : Coll - Sorisdale - Stream to south of hamlet by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - View out to sea from the Coll Hotel by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - View across The Smiddy to the village by Rob Farrow
NM1454 : Coll - Ben Feall - Memorial to the "Last Laird of Coll" by Rob Farrow
NM1255 : Eilean Odhar by Rob Farrow
NM1553 : Coll - Breachacha Old Castle by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - The Coll Hotel by Rob Farrow
NM2763 : Coll - Sorisdale - Ruined buildings by Rob Farrow
NM2438 : Bac Mòr (Dutchman's Cap) and Bac Beag from Coll by Rob Farrow
NM1454 : Coll - Looking across Tràigh Feall by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - Unusual seats by Rob Farrow
NM2257 : Coll - Arinagour - Fronds of seaweed by Rob Farrow
NM2763 : Coll - Sorisdale - New build probably reusing old croft by Rob Farrow
NM2258 : Coll - Aerial view by Rob Farrow

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Created: Wed, 14 Jul 2021, Updated: Wed, 6 Jul 2022

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