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4 unusual facts about Inner Hebrides


Hebridean Terrane

The Hebridean Terrane forms the westernmost strip of mainland Scotland, most of the Inner Hebrides and all of the Outer Hebrides.

Inner Sound

In geography, the Inner Sound is a stretch of water separating the west coast of the Scottish mainland from the Inner Hebrides.

Meloe brevicollis

In 2010, 40 beetles were found on four sites on the Hebridean island of Coll.

Paul Mellars

He has carried out excavations on early Mesolithic sites at Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland and published the results from work at Star Carr in North Yorkshire.


A846 road

The A846 road is one of the two principal roads of Islay in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland and the only 'A' road on the neighbouring island of Jura.

A847 road

The A847 road is one of the two principal roads of Islay in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

Cairn na Burgh Mòr

Cairn na Burgh Mòr (also Cairnburgh More) is one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

John Sands

Sands also spent time on the remote Scottish islands of Vaila, Papa Stour and Foula in Shetland, and also lived on Tiree in the Inner Hebrides and the Faroe Islands.

Sound of Iona

The Sound of Iona is a sound between the Inner Hebridean islands of Mull and Iona in western Scotland.


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John Talbot Clifton

In 1922 they bought and moved to live at Kildalton Castle on the Scottish island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides where his passion for shooting wildlife continued unabated.

Scottish island names

Some smaller islets and skerries have English names such as Barrel of Butter and the Old Man of Hoy in Orkney and Maiden Island and Bottle Island in the Inner Hebrides.