Jura (/ˈdʒʊərə/ JOOR-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay. With an area of 36...
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Look up Jura or jura in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jura may refer to: Jura, Scotland, island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain Jūra, river...
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951056 Jura distillery is Island single malt Scotch whisky distillery located on the island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland. The...
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a farmhouse in the north of the island of Jura in the Scottish Inner Hebrides overlooking the Sound of Jura. It stands on the site of a larger 15th-century...
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Gulf of Corryvreckan (category Jura, Scotland)
narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of mainland Scotland. It is possible for tourists to visit...
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Paps of Jura (Scottish Gaelic: Sgurr na Cìche) are three mountains on the western side of the island of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Their...
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The Sound of Jura (Scottish Gaelic: An Linne Rosach) is a Sound in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is one of the several Sounds of Scotland. It is to the...
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Craighouse (category Villages on Jura, Scotland)
Craighouse (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh na Creige) is the main settlement and capital of the Scottish Inner Hebridean island of Jura, in Argyll and Bute. In...
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K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (category Jura, Scotland)
in the back of a disused boathouse on the Ardfin Estate on the Scottish island of Jura. The money represented the bulk of the K Foundation's funds that...
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Ardfin (category Villages on Jura, Scotland)
island of Jura, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It is situated at the southern tip of the island, between Feolin and Craighouse. It includes Jura House which...
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Inver Hydro-Electric Scheme (category Jura, Scotland)
Hydro-Electric Scheme is a remote hydro-electric plant on the Scottish island of Jura, part of the Inner Hebrides. Construction began in 2011, and it...
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The Isle of Jura Fell Race is an annual fell race held in May, starting and finishing at Craighouse on the Scottish island of Jura. The course loops west...
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George Orwell (section Jura and Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Astor was instrumental in arranging a place for Orwell on Jura. Astor's family owned Scottish estates in the area and a fellow Old Etonian, Robin Fletcher...
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fetch the notebook from Orwell's former residence on the Scottish island of Jura, Scotland, in early 1949, thanking him in a letter of 17 April. One...
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Knockrome (category Villages on Jura, Scotland)
Knockrome is a hamlet on the island of Jura, in the civil parish of Jura, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. On the 1982 OS 1:10000 map, there...
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in February and desperate to get away from London to the island of Jura, Scotland, where he wanted to start work on Nineteen Eighty-Four. "Politics and...
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Feolin (category Jura, Scotland)
Feolin (also known as Feolin Ferry) is a slipway on the west coast of Jura. MV Eilean Dhiura provides a vehicle and passenger ferry service from Port Askaig...
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mountainous islands of Scotland are Skye, Mull and Rùm in the Inner Hebrides and Harris within the Outer Hebrides, however Islay, Jura and, although separated...
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Tarbert Bay, on the east coast of the island of Jura, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Tarbert estate is owned by Ginge Manors Estates...
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Argyll (redirect from Argyll, Scotland)
Tullochgorm Whistlefield Whitehouse Ardbeg (Islay) Ardfernal (Jura) Ardilistry (Islay) Ardmenish (Jura) Ardtalla (Islay) Ardtun (Mull) Arinagour (Coll) Ballygrant...
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Sound of Islay (category Jura, Scotland)
The Sound of Islay (Scottish Gaelic: Caol Ìle) is a narrow strait between the islands of Islay and Jura off the west coast of Scotland. It is about 30 kilometres...
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Beinn an Òir (category Paps of Jura)
for "mountain of gold") is the highest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It is the highest peak on the island, standing at 785 metres...
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Island-class patrol vessel (category 1976 establishments in Scotland)
built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency. As a result of the Royal Navy's experiences in the Cod Wars with Iceland, FPV Jura (loaned to the...
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on Lagg Bay, on the east coast of the island of Jura, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the A846 8 miles (13 km) from Craighouse...
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Loch Tarbert, Jura is a sea loch on the west coast of the island of Jura, on the west coast of Scotland. As the name Tarbert suggests, it comes close...
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courted infamy by setting fire to one million pounds in cash on the Scottish island of Jura. In 1995, they undertook a screening tour of a film of the burning...
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stone circle is aligned on an east-west axis between Slieve Snaght and Jura, Scotland, which is visible on a clear day. In 1816 it was reported that "graves"...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Jura in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:...
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Kingdom (Scotland) Lewis and Harris Clisham 799 m 2621 ft United Kingdom (Scotland) Jura, Scotland Beinn an Òir 785 m 2575 ft United Kingdom (Scotland) Pohnpei...
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Ireland Barnhill, Dundee, Scotland Barnhill, Illinois, United States Barnhill, Jura, Scotland, a farmhouse on Jura, Scotland, used by George Orwell Barnhill...
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