Tiree

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Tiree ( Scottish Gaelic: Tiriodh [t ʲ ʰ ʲ əɣ iɾ ] ) is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. It is located west of the Isle of Mull, is about 19 kilometers long and nearly 5 miles wide. Due to the Gulf Stream Tiree has as well as the neighboring island of Coll a milder climate than it would suggest its location on the west coast of Scotland. Coll and Tiree are among the places with the most hours of sunshine in the UK.

The island is rich in prehistoric monuments: Cairns, Crannogs, cross- slabs, Duns, stone circles and menhirs. There are several villages with a total of about 750 inhabitants on Tiree. The main town on the island is Scarinish, which is close to the ferry port is located. Ferry connections are made to Coll and Oban. Major industries are agriculture, fishing and tourism.

The " Ringing Stone " or Clach a ' Choire is a huge boulder, the rum came here during the Ice Age of the island. If it is struck with a stone, which produces metallic sounds, where the stone gets its name. The oval stone is about 1.6 meters high and has 53 prehistoric cup-and -ring markings. The legend says: "If the ringing stone ever be broken, so Tiree will sink into the sea ."

However, the peculiarity of the island are the two Broch.

  • Dùn Mòr ( Tiree ) ( excavated between 1962 and 1964 ) is a semi - Broch ( a D-shaped Broch )
  • Dùn Mòr a ' Chaolais (the great Broch of Caolas ), also a " galleried dun " or semi - Broch.
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