8/18/2023 0 Comments Isle of jura 21This tiny settlement is Jura's capital, with the only shop, hotel and pub on the island, and the only two places to eat out. From here a narrow lane, grandly designated the A846, winds over the hills to Craighouse. The main access point is Feolin on the southwest coast, where the ferry arrives from Islay. Much of the land is used for deer-stalking, and during the season (Aug-Oct) it may be unsafe or prohibited to enter these areas. Jura has 7,000 red deer, and its name probably derives from Old Norse Dyrøy, "deer island". Understand The Paps seen from the Sound of Jura Most visitors come here as part of a trip to nearby Islay. It's on the same latitude as Edinburgh and Glasgow and lies within 5 miles of the mainland, yet feels very remote, with bleak terrain and lack of direct transport links. It has poor boggy soil and three conical hills known as the Paps of Jura. It's 30 miles long by 7 miles wide, with a population of only 196 in 2011. The start location is Feolin right after you drive off the ferry.Jura (Gaelic Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Use the controls on the dynamic map below to take a virtual tour of Jura using Google Streetview. If you wish to proceed you have to leave the car at “road end” and continue on foot for a further five miles to Barnhill and Kinundrach, almost at the northern tip. From here it is a private road and is closed to vehicles. Meanwhile the other branch continues north-east almost reaching that end of the island, although by the time it reaches its final destination it can barely be described as a road. Near Ardlussa, just after crossing the Lussa River, the road, which has now narrowed even more than it already was, splits, with the southern branch heading towards Inverlussa where the river enters the bay of the same name. The main road continues north, but not for much further. This is a short walk of around 20 minutes and takes the visitor to the “other side” of Jura. Just beyound the standing stone on the right of the road, a little track leads to Loch Tarbert. At this point Jura is almost cut in two by Loch Tarbert that slices into the western side of the island, with Tarbert in the east only being a mile from the tip of the loch itself. Lagg, which used to be a ferry port for Knapdale especially during the period when cattle droving was common, is closely followed by Tarbert. The river runs into Loch na Mile to the south while Ardfernal overlooks Lowlandmans Bay to the north-east, which is almost completely closed off by the rocky promontory known as Rubhan Leim.īack on the main road and heading north once more, Beinn Shiantaidh rises up to the west giving as close a view as possible of one of the Paps without having to leave the road. To the north of Small Isles Bay, immediately after the main road has crossed the Corran River, a turning to the right leads to Knockrome and Ardfernal. Beyond these islands, Knapdale on the mainland is separated from Jura by the stretch of water known as the Sound of Jura. The village sits overlooking a bay with a group of islands that are known collectively as the Small Isles. This church has a room in the back of the building with a display of old photographs. Craighouse is a very quiet and lovely little village, home to the Jura Hotel, the local village shop and post office, a gift shop/tea room, village hall and the local Parish Church which is open for visitors. Here most people live and this is also the place of Juras only whisky distillery, which is open for visitors by appointment only. On the first of these are the remains of Claig Castle, one of the sea fortresses that were used by by the Lords of the Isles to control traffic in the seas around the Hebridean islands.Īfter another three miles heading north-east the little village of Craighouse appears, which is the main village on Jura. There are a couple of small islands situated off the southern coast of Jura, Am Fraoch Eilean to the south-west of Jura House and Brosdale Island to the south-east. Jura House itself is not open for the public. There is a beautiful walled garden open for visitors near Jura House and well worth a visit. The single track road follows the Sound of Islay south-east for the first few miles before it turns north-east just after Jura House, built around 1880 by the Campbells of Jura. Nowadays you will find a photographic gallery, owned by the same person as the small isles catering van next to the ferry terminal. The Ferry House is the only house at Feolin and used to be the house of the ferryman in earlier days. Feolin itself is nothing more than an anchoring place for the ferry and starting point for the only road on Jura, officially classified as the A846, which is actually more then it deserves in some places. This tour over the island will start at Feolin, which will be the place where the majority of visitors set foot on Jura for the first time.
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