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Eilean Mòr anchorage
Eilean Mòr chapel
Eilean Mòr towards Jura
The MacCormaig Isles are small islands south of the Island of Danna in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
The MacCormaig Islands lie in the entrance to Loch Sween within the powerful tides of the Sound of Jura. They form part of the Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig (sic) Isles SSSI. [1] Islands include:
Eilean Mòr is owned by Scottish National Party. The 12th century chapel on it is dedicated to St Cormac (d.640). [2]
The islands are a popular sea kayaking destination.
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Eilean Mòr is one of the MacCormaig Isles situated near the entrance to Loch Sween in the Sound of Jura, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Eilean Mòr is uninhabited.
