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Encyclopedia Britannica



TYREE

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 549 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TUM-VAN
TYREE , an
island
  of the Inner Hebrides,
Argyllshire
 , Scot-land. Pop. (1901), 2192. It is situated fully 2 m. S.W. of
Coll
 , the isle of Gunna lying in the channel between the two islands, and has an extreme length from north-
east
  to
south
 -west of nearly 12 M. and a breadth varying from 4 m. to 44 M. Carnan Mor (46o ft.) is the highest point; there are several lakes. On the
south
 -western point of Balephuill Bay are ruins of St
Patrick
 's temple, besides duns and ancient chapels. Steamers
call
  from Oban regularly at the small harbour of Scarinish. SKERRYVORE, a lonely
rock
  in the
Atlantic
 , 14 M. south-west, belongs to the parish of Tyree. The massive lighthouse, which Alan Stevenson erected in 1833-1843, was constructed of granite from the quarries of Hynish at the south-eastern extremity of Tyree.


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