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Eilean Meadhonach

#5255 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Eilean Meadhonach

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Eilean Meadhonach is the second largest of the Crowlin Islands, located in the Inner Sound off the island of Skye, Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 57°20'42"N, 5°50'42"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Eilean Meadhonach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skye Bridge, Caisteal Maol, Pabay, Eilean Bàn.

6.1 miSE
Bridge
Skye Bridge, Isle of Skye
155 min walk • The Skye Bridge is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn. The name is also used for the whole Skye Crossing, which further connects Eilean Bàn to the mainland across the Carrich Viaduct.
6.8 miSE
Castle ruins from the 15th century
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
174 min walk • Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Maol, Dun Akyn, Dunakin Castle Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin.
4.7 miS
Island
Pabay
120 min walk • Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of Skye. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning "priest's isle" and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel.
6 miSE
Small island with a lighthouse
Eilean Bàn
153 min walk • Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. The Skye Bridge uses the island as a stepping-stone as it crosses the mouth of Loch Alsh from the mainland to Skye.
2.9 miSW
Island
Longay
75 min walk • Longay is a small uninhabited Scottish island in the Inner Sound just off the coast of the Isle of Skye, north of Pabay and east of Scalpay. In 1971, the Caledonian MacBrayne mailboat Loch Seaforth ran aground on the island, sustaining only minimal damage.
5.2 miSW
Island
Scalpay
133 min walk • Scalpay is an inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland which has a population of 4.
6.6 miSE
57°16'51"N • 5°42'53"W
Skye Bridge, Kyle of Lochalsh
168 min walk • Bridge
~1300 ftE
Neighbourhood
Crowlin Islands, Eilean Mòr
7 min walk • The Crowlin Islands are a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. They lie between Skye and the Applecross peninsula on the mainland.