A' Chùli
| Scottish Gaelic name | A' Chùli |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | The retreat[1] |
 View from the summit with Garbh Eilean at right and Mull in the distance | |
| Location | |
  A' Chùli A' Chùli shown within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NM653111 |
| Coordinates | 56°14′02″N 5°47′13″W / 56.234°N 5.787°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Garvellachs |
| Area | 20 ha (49 acres) |
| Highest elevation | 45 m[2] |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0[3] |
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A' Chùli is an uninhabited island in the Garvellachs in the Firth of Lorn, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.[4] It is 20 ha (49 acres) in extent[5] and lies between Garbh Eileach and Eileach an Naoimh, the two largest islands of the archipelago. Grob nan Sgarbh, Sgeir Leth a' Chuain and Sgeir nam Marag are small skerries offshore to the southwest.[2]
An earlier name of the island was Cùil Bhrianainn meaning "Brendan's retreat"[6] and Brendan the Navigator is reputed to have built a chapel and been buried there.[1] However, no trace of the chapel is visible[7] and a similar fate appears to have befallen two unroofed buildings, thought to be shielings, recorded in 1881 by the Ordnance Survey.[8]
On 7 March 1981 a fishing boat foundered approximately 0.8 km (0.50 mi) northwest of the island.[9]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith 2004, p. 69.
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Garvellachs". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- ^ Watson 1926, pp. 81–82.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Garvellachs, Culbrandan, A' Chuli (Site no. NM61SE 4)". Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Garvellachs, A' Chuli (Site no. NM61SE 7)". Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Enterprise: Atlantic (Site no. NM61SW 8001)". Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- Watson, William J. (1926). The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland (2005 reprint by Birlinn ed.). Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons.
Inhabited islands of the Hebrides | ||
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56°14′04″N 5°47′15″W / 56.23444°N 5.78750°W