Gaelic name Garbh Eileach OS grid reference NM665115 Highest elevation 110 m Area 142 ha | Meaning of name rough rock Area rank 127= | |
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Island groups British Isles, Inner Hebrides | ||
Garbh Eileach is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest of the Garvellachs and lies in the Firth of Lorne between Mull and Argyll.
Map of Garbh Eileach, United Kingdom
The name is Gaelic for "rough rock". The Anglicised version of the name gives the whole group of islands its name, the Garvellachs.
There is a small ruined fort above a bay on the eastern coast.
References
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