Discover the Isle of Jura

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Of all the Western Isles of Scotland, the Isle of Jura, though one of the most beautiful, remains one of the most mysterious and least well known.

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To find the Isle of Jura on a map, take a line due west of Glasgow and follow it until you reach the island.

Although the Isle of Jura is the third largest of the Islands of Argyll it has a population of less than 200 people (plus between 5 and 6 thousand deer). It is dominated by the majestic paps, clearly visible when approaching the Isle of Jura from any direction the highest reaching 784 metres. From moorland and hills rich in wildlife, to trout filled lochs, small woodlands, silver sand beaches and rocky shoreline with raised beaches and caves, the island has a varied landscape.

Yet for its size, Jura is the wildest, emptiest, and least tourist-oriented of Britain’s inhabited islands.

In time as we develop the Laird of Jura Website you will find out more about the Isle of Jura than you ever knew. If you have become one of the owners of land in Jura through purchasing a plot of land from either the ” “Become-a-Lord.co.uk” or “ Scottish-Romantic-Gifts.com” web sites then you will find more detail about some of the issues we could produce in our forty eight page handbook.

We have plans for a large number of articles on Scottish history, the geography of Isle of Jura, the distilling of whisky as practiced on the island of Jura as well as the island culture and more information about the 5 to 6 thousand deer that roam the island.

Shortly we will be adding guides to people who ruled over the area such as Maclean, McDonald and the Campbell clans who all have had a long association with the Isle of Jura. At different times large numbers of the Maclean clan, MacDonald clan and the Campbells have fought for control of the area. For example the MacDonald clan chiefs appointed themselves “Lord of the Isles” and controlled much of the island until the Campbell clan were appointed by the Scottish parliament to take away some of their powers. As a result the Campbell clan chiefs stayed on the island till the mid 1900’s.

More about the history of these and other famous local Scottish Clans will be published on the site as time permits.

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