2022

NM2663 : Coll - Sorisdale - Turning area

taken 3 years ago, near to Sorisdale, Coll, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Coll - Sorisdale - Turning area
Coll - Sorisdale - Turning area
The turning area at the end of the B8072 as it arrives at Sorisdale. If driving, you can't park in this area and have to find a reasonable place to abandon your vehicle which doesn't either block the lane or an access to the fields. Also, best to find somewhere where your wheels don't sink into the ground!
Coll (Cola) :: NM2258

The Isle of Coll lies in the Sea of the Hebrides to the west of the much larger island of Mull, and immediately to the northeast of its neighbour, Tiree (Tiriodh).
Coll is much hillier and far less suitable for agriculture than Tiree, though the latter has slightly higher hills at its western edge whereas Coll has a distribution of c.60m hills over much of its terrain. Its highest point, Ben Hogh, achieving just 106m (348'). This difference in topography results in Coll having less than a third of the population of its neighbour.
Whereas Tiree is criss-crossed by a network of roads and lanes, Coll only really has one major road with a few (dead-end) 'branches'. Like Tiree, it is famed for its beaches, especially along its northwest coast and the massive expanse of dunes at the southwest of the island between Feall and Crossapol Bays.
Just off the SW coast is the small uninhabited island of Gunna (69ha, 170 acres (c.¼ mile²)) and off its NE coast a collection of uninhabited islets, the "Cairns of Coll" the largest of which is Eilean Mòr (c.18ha, 45 acres)
Statistics (Coll main island)
Area: 7,685ha (29.67 miles²)
Population: 195 (2011 census)
Density 2.537/km² (6.572/mile²)
Highest Point: Ben Hogh, 106m (348')
Principal settlement: Arinagour (with about ¼ of the island's population)


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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Roads, Road transport Island: Coll Place: Sorisdale Primary Subject: Road
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Road to Sorisdale [5] · Area [2] ·
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NM2663, 10 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 29 June, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 July, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 2699 6327 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:40.8706N 6:27.5627W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 2699 6327
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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