Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Islands
Pennyghael
Pennyghael in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Pennyghael is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pennyghael (Scottish Gaelic: Peighinn nan Gàidheal) is a small village in the Ross of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located along the A849 road aligned along the coast line of Ross, on Loch Scridain in southwestern Mull, along the road to Bunessan. The Leidle River passes to the west of the village into the Loch.
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Background
History
There is an inference that the name of the country could have derived from the usage “The Pennyland of the Gael", when land was valued in terms of penny or fraction of a penny. Ancient history of Pennyghael is traced to Neolithic cairns found at Burg, which links the county to 4000BC when people lived here. They lived in a house here which was located to the south of the island Mul and which formed the western entrance to Loch Linnhe. In 1701, the local reverend was the Reverend Martin MacGillivray; his nephew, John MacGillivray was laird at the time. Alexander MacGillivray was laird of Pennyghael in 1751. Pennyghael is also very significant to modern Scottish Gaelic literature; in 1911,…
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- Coordinates
- 56.3642, -6.0201
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA70 6HB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Sources
- wikidata: Q15059208 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pennyghael (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pennyghael?
- Pennyghael is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3642°, -6.0201°.
- Is Pennyghael free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Pennyghael is free.