Eilean Ornsay is a rocky and uninhabited island located off the south-western coast of the Inner Hebridean island of

Coll Coll (; )Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull and northeast of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and fo ...

. It is situated on the western side of Loch Eatharna and is joined to Coll at low tide. Evidence of the dun and other archaeological finds were recently discovered by a field walk on the east side of Coll.

Archaeology

The island was recently visited by members of Coll Archaeology Association Shorewatch, resulting in the discovery of evidence of several archaeological sites which had previously been unrecorded. Evidence of a possible dun was found located at . Several examples of rock-cut basins were found: one located at ; and three located at . A

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was found at ; a shell mound was found at ; a sheiling at ; and an

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at .

References

External links

Coll Archaeology Association: Trip to Ornsay
Uninhabited islands of Argyll and Bute Coll {{Argyll-geo-stub