Bay on the Movern peninsula, in Lochaber, Scotland
Ardtornish Bay
View over Ardtornish Bay.In the distance you can see the high cliffs of Morvern, it is said that on windy days, the wind is strong enough to blow waterfalls back over the crests of the cliffs.
Ardtornish Bay is coastal embayment, on a chord of 0.89 miles, on a 161° orientation, in the Morvern peninsula in Lochaber, in the western coast of Scotland.[1] There is good anchorage in the bay, with a depth of 7 fathoms. It is well protected, except from winds from the south.[2]
^"Ardtornish Bay, Highland". Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^Admiralty hydrogr. dept (1867). Ardtornish Bay - Sailing directions for the west coast of Scotland [afterw.] West coast of Scotland pilot. [With] Suppl. [and] Admiralty notes to mariners. p. 147. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
ArdtornishBay is coastal embayment, on a chord of 0.89 miles, on a 161° orientation, in the Morvern peninsula in Lochaber, in the western coast of Scotland...
Ardtornish (Scottish Gaelic: Àird Tòirinis) is a Highland estate in Scotland located in Morvern, Lochaber. Ardtornish House is famous for its gardens...
northwest is ArdtornishBay that can be partially seen from the bay and Ardtornish Point that describes the leftmost curve of ArdtornishBay at the north...
here, as the tradition has it. Ardtornish Estate spreads out around the bay of Loch Aline. The gardens of Ardtornish House are open to the public and...
Geographical Society. Retrieved 29 July 2021. Admiralty hydrogr. dept (1867). ArdtornishBay - Sailing directions for the west coast of Scotland [afterw.] West coast...
Calve Island, an uninhabited low-lying island. Bays on the Sound include ArdtornishBay and Inninmore Bay on the Morvern peninsular. The western edge of...
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western side of the island include Straad, around St. Ninian's Bay, and Kildavanan on Ettrick Bay. In the north, Bute is separated from the Cowal peninsula...
Northern Ireland – from Irish aird meaning "promontory" or "peninsula" Ardtornish Point, Scotland (High/Heights or Point Point) – Aird from Gaelic, nish...
the Hebrides". They established the twin castles of Aros (in Mull) and Ardtornish (on the mainland, opposite), which together controlled the Sound of Mull...
sheltered harbour has been important for centuries; it was named Steering Bay by Vikings, who often visited it. A December 2020 report stated that a new...
Also known as the Peace of Lodi. Also known as the Treaty of Westminster-Ardtornish. Also known as the Peace of Conflans. Also known as the Second Treaty...
either side are large white-sand beaches: Bàgh Siar (West Bay), and Bàgh Bhatarsaigh (Vatersay Bay) to the east. There are a number of beaches backed by sand...
Kildonan Castle is a ruined MacDonald castle located on the Isle of Arran. Ardtornish Castle is a ruined MacDonald castle located on the peninsula Morvern....
(Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Shannda) or usually Handa, is an island in Eddrachillis Bay off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It is 309 hectares (760 acres)...
of Haakon Haakonsson states that Haakon IV of Norway anchored in Elwick Bay before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs. Atlas Novus...
position. Through a secret treaty with Edward IV of England, negotiated at Ardtornish Castle and signed in 1462, he made himself a servant of the English crown...
Orcadians formed the overwhelming majority of employees of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. The harsh winter weather of Orkney and the Orcadian reputation...
South Primary School, The Heights School and Modbury High School, and the Ardtornish Primary School. The terminal is serviced by Schoolbus M and Schoolbus...
(3.1 mi) long and is defined by two large sandy bays; Linklet Bay on the eastern shoreline and South Bay at the south. The west of the island is very rocky...
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Isles Bishop of the Isles Lordship of the Isles Treaty of Perth Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster Finlaggan Earldom of Orkney Buckquoy spindle-whorl Udal law...
and pertened of auld to Clandonald of Kyntyre." A Viking grave at Kiloran Bay, including a boat and silver burial goods, was discovered in 1882 on land...
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