ÿþ<LINK href="style.css" type=text/css rel=STYLESHEET> <META content="Microsoft Notepad" name=Generator> <META content="Evgenia Kulkova" name=Author> <META content="Isle of Coll, Isle of Tiree" name=Keywords> <META content="Isle of Coll, Isle of Tiree, Scotland" name=Description> <BODY background="background27.jpg"> <H1 color:"00ee00" align=center><IMG src="coll_long.jpg" alt="geese"> Isle of Coll, Isle of Tiree <IMG src="coll_tiree-loc.gif"></H1> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><a href="coll6.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll6.jpg"/></a> <p>Arinagour, Isle of Coll</p><p>The isle of Coll and Isle of Tiree are the small hebridean islands (about 30 square miles each), less than three hours from Oban on the west coast of Scotland. Coll now has exactly 200 residents. Tiree has a population of around 800 people. </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <P>Coll 8 Tiree - 420 70<5G0B5;L=KE >AB@>20 7=0<5=8BK5 ?@5645 2A53> <=>3>G8A;5==K<8 ?5AG0=K<8 ?;O60<8, A>;=5G=>9 ?>3>4>9, 8AB>@859, ?B8F0<8 8 ;N4L<8, GB> 682CB 745AL. 560B >AB@>20 2 =5A:>;L:8E :8;;><5B@0E 4@C3 >B 4@C30 8 25AL<0 ?>E>68. </p> <p>0 ;52>9 :0@B8=:5 45@52=O rinagour, GB> =0 >AB@>25 Coll. >@8G=520O :>@>1:0, GB> 2 F5=B@5 D>B>:0@B>G:8 - ?@>4C:B>2K9 <03078=. AA>@B8<5=B ?@>4C:B>2 1K; A>2A5< c:C4=K9. @>E>B=0O 1C4>G:0 A;520 - 15=70:>;>=:0, a >AB@K5 AB@5;:8 ?>153>2 C @5G:8 - MB> 8@8AK. =8 =0 >AB@>25 2 87>18;88 8 25745: =0 ?>15@56L5, =0 ?>;OE, 2 ;C60E...</p> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll12.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll12.jpg"/></a> <p>Hogh Bay, Isle of Coll </p>Coll and Tiree are known for the sandy beaches, for the sunniest weather in Britain, for the numbers of birds (corncrakes, geese, whooper swans), for the heritage (standing stones, carved Ringing Stone, 1st century BC Dùn Mòr broch, Breachacha Castle) and for windsurfing. </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><a href="coll16.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll16.jpg"/></a> <p>Feall Bay, Isle of Coll</p><p> Coll's sandy beaches rise to form large sand dunes. The highest point on Coll is Ben Hogh in the south west of the island which rises to a height of 341 feet (104 m). </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <P>"iree O 1K A:070;0 1>;55 ?;>A:89, 0 !oll, >A>15==> 53> 2>AB>G=0O G0ABL 25AL 2 :0<5==KE 1C3>@:0E. >@ =0 >AB@>20E =5B, =C <>65B ;8HL 3>@:8, A0<0O 2KA>:0O =0 Coll - Ben Hogh A>AB02;O5B 2A53> 104 <5B@>2.  A Ben Feall (66 <) O c=8<0;0 ?5AG0=CN :>AC, GB> =0 ;52>< @8AC=:5. </P> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll13.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll13.jpg"/></a> <p>sand at Hogh Bay, Isle of Coll</p><p>Unlike Tiree, the majority of Coll's beaches are a wee hike from the road. But after a stroll over the machair you will be rewarded by unspoilt white sand and crystal clear turquoise seas. </p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><a href="coll15.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll15.jpg"/></a> <p>Isle of Coll </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <p>"0:65 <5AB=>ABL =0 >AB@>20E A>AB02;NB ?CAB>H8, ?>;O, ?5AG0=K5 4N=K. </p><p> C>ll c>AB02;O5B 21 :8;;><5B@ 2 4;8==C 8 5 2 H8@8=C. Tiree ?@81;878B5;L=> B0:>9 65. 0A5;5=85 Coll - 200 G5;>25:, Tiree - >:>;> 800. A53> =5A:>;L:> A>B ;5B =0704 =0 Tiree 68;> 1>;55 5000, 0 =0 !oll 1>;55 1000. !B>;L 7=0G8B5;L=>5 A>:@0I5=85 G8A;5==>AB8 - ?>A;54AB28O G8AB:8. > >AB@>2>2 87 H>B;0=4A:>3> ?>@B0 Oban 5654=52=> 2 ;5B=55 2@5<O 8 =5A:>;L:> @07 2 =545;N 2 78<=55 E>48B ?0@><. @5<O 2 ?CB8 >:>;> 3 G0A>2. "0:65 5ABL 27;5B=K5 ?;>I0B:8 4;O A0<>;5B>2. ABL @59AK 4065 87 ;073> 4> Tiree.  >1I5< 4>1@0BLAO <>6=>. </P> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll22.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll22.jpg"/></a> <p>Isle of Tiree </p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><a href="coll11.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll11.jpg"/></a> <p>Whooper swans at Ballyhaugh, Isle of !oll</p>In winter, the islands are an important haven for large flocks of barnacle and white-fronted geese from Greenland. Hundreds of whooper swans visit the lochs in October, November and a herd of about 100 swans over-winters. </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <p> 0 >AB@>20E <=>3> <0E0=L:8E ?B8G5:. 45HL ?> 4>@>35, 0 >=8 A;54CNB 70 B>1>9 ?5@5;5B0O A ?@>2>;>:8 701>@0. Coll A;028BAO ?>?C;OF859 :>@>AB5;O - >=8 2 <05 ?>O2;ONBAO 745AL. $5@<5@K 4065 ?>445@6820NB 4@C65;N1=K5 4;O ?B8G5: <5B>4K CE06820=8O 70 75<;59. >AOB B@02C ?>A;5 3=574>20=8O 8 :>AOB >B F5=B@0, GB> 1K :>@>AB5;8 <>3;8 C1560BL 8;8 >AB02;ONB 2KA>:CN @0AB8B5;L=>ABL ?> 1>:0< C3>489. </P><p>  78<=55 2@5<O =0 >AB@>20E <=>3> 3CA59.  15;>IQ:85 :070@:8, 8 15;>;>1K5 3CA8, 8 A5@K5, 8 15;K5.  c;520 D>B>:0@B>G:0 ;515459-:;8:C=>2.</p> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="geese1.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="geese1.jpg"/></a> <p>white-fronted geese, Isle of Tiree</p><p>In summer you can listen to dozens of Skylarks Lapwing and Corncrake here. Farmers on Coll have adopted corncrake-friendly farming methods, such as providing field corners with tall vegetation, cutting fields late after nesting, and cutting from the centre towards the edges so that corncrakes can escape to safety. </p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><a href="coll9.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll9.jpg"/></a> <p>Isle of Coll. </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <p>><0H=85 682>B=K5 =0 >AB@>25 4>2>;L=> A8<?>B8G=K5. "0: 8 E>G5BAO 8E ?@860BL... </p> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll10.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll10.jpg"/></a> <p>Isle of Coll. </p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><a href="coll25.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll25.jpg"/></a> <p>Dun Mor Bhals, Vaul, Isle of Tiree.</p><p>First settlers arrived at Tiree 9000 yars ago. You could find here Bronze Age standing stones, Christian churches. Tiree also abounds with the remains of Iron Age fortifications such as crannogs and brochs, the most intact of which is 1st century BC Dùn Mòr Bhala. </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <p>10 >AB@>20 8<5NB 402=NN 8AB>@8N. "0: =0 Tiree ;N48 ?>O28;8AL >:>;0 9000 ;5B =0704, =0 Coll 6500. 0 :0@B8=:5 c?@020 <>=C<5=B c >AB@>20 Coll 8<5NI89 B08=AB25==o5 8<O "Na Sgeulachan" (Teller of Tales - A:07>G=8:). 0==K5 :0<=8 40B8@CNBAO 2500 4> =.M. 0 Tiree c>E@0=8;>AL 1>;55 =5A:>;L:8E ?>AB@>5: 65;57=>3> 25:0. 0 ;52>9 :0@B8=:5 =0?@8<5@ Dun Mor Bhala - ?@8<8B82=0O :@C3;0O :0<5==0O ?>AB@>9:0, A;>65==0O 87 ?;>A:8E :0<=59, =0?><8=0NI0O :C?>;. "0:85 ?>AB@>9:8 2AB@5G0NBAO 2 @;0=488 8 (>B;0=488 8 =>AOB 8<O "broch". </p> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll14.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll14.jpg"/></a> <p>Na Sgeulachan, Totronald, Isle of Coll.</p><p>Coll has been inhabited since Mesolithic times, more than 6500 years ago. Standing stones, such as the mysteriously named "Na Sgeulachan" (Teller of Tales), are Coll's earliest recorded monuments, dated c2500 BC. </p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GuSiso5JtKM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GuSiso5JtKM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <p>The Ringing Stone or Clach a' Choire is an Ice Age erratic boulder allegedly from Rhum. It is a much younger type of rock than the Lewisian gneiss which comprises most of Tiree and is the oldest rock in Britain, some 2000 million years old. The stone bears 53 circular "cup marks" relating to religious practice dating back to 2500 BC. If you strike the boulder with a stone it produces a metallic, bell-like tone. </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <p>0 :0@B8=:5 A;520 25=OI89 :0<5=L (Ringing Stone). 0==K9 1C;K6=8: A >AB@>20 Rum 8 ?>?0; =0 Tiree >:>;> 10 000 ;5B =0704. 0==K9 :0<5=L ?> 2>7@0ABC <;04H5 LN8AA:8E 3=59A>2 A>AB02;ONI8E Tiree 8 2 B> 65 2@5<O MB> A0<K9 AB0@K9 >B45;L=K9 1C;K6=8: 5;8:>1@8B0=88. <C >:>;> 2000 <8;;8>=>2 ;5B. 0 1C;K6=8:5 53 2K4>;1;5==KE :@C3;KE >B?5G0B:>2-707C1:>2, A2845B5;LAB2CNI8E > @5;838>7=KE @8BC0;0E 2>7;5 :0<=O 2500 ;5B =0704. A;8 ABC:=CBL ?> :0<=N 4@C38< :0<=O<, 1C;K6=8: ?@>872>48B <5B5;;8G5A:89, ?>E>689 =0 72>= :>;>:>;0 72C:. </p> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll26.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll26.jpg"/></a> <p>Christian Chirch, Isle of Tiree. </p> </p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE> <TABLE><BODY> <TR> <td width="350"> <a href="struay2.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="struay2.jpg"/></a> <p>Mairi Hedderwick is the author and illustrator of the much loved Katie Morag series of children's books. Although Katie lives on the fictional island of Struay, it is clearly inspired by Coll, where auther lived. </p> </td> <TD align="center" width="400"> <P>0 >AB@>25 Coll =0 ?@>BO65=88 4>;3>2> 2@5<5=8 68;0 70<5G0B5;L=0O 65=I8=0 airi Hedderwick. =0 @8AC5B 8 ?8H5B :=86:8 4;O 45B59. # =55 F5;0O A5@8O ?@8:;NG5=89 452>G:8 MB8 >@03 A >AB@>20 Struay. AB@>2 Struay 2K<KH;5==K9, 0 53> ?@>B>B8?>< 2 :0:>9-B> <5@5 O2;O5BAO >AB@>2 Coll. !?@020 @8AC=>: EC4>6=8FK 87>1@060NI89 45@52=N =0 >AB@>25 Struay (o1@0B8B5 2=8<0=85 =0 B@048F8>==K5, 15;5=L:85 :>BB5468, @0ABO=C2H85AO 2 F5=B@5 30@<>H:>9), 0 A;520 45@52=O rinagour, GB> =0 !oll. </P> </TD> <td width="350"><a href="coll2.jpg"> <img height="322" alt="Coll" width="428" border="0" src="coll2.jpg"/></a> <p>Arinagour is the island of Coll small village. </p><p>.</p> </p> </TR> </BODY></TABLE>