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The shape of the loch, which is oriented from south west to north east, is complex. The inner, eastern end has several inlets. Caol
Scotnish is a very narrow finger that reaches further north and east than the main body of water. Loch a' Bhealaich is to its south and west. There is the small, bridged
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are on the southern shore further east with tidal Eilean
Mhartan and tiny Sgeir Dubh beyond them in the Araich Glaise inlet. The Fairy Islands, including Eilean a' Bhrein are in yet another inlet to the north and Eilean na Circe, which contains the ruins of a "fortified dwelling" is in the
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There are a variety of islands on the northern shore. Close to Danna are the islets of Eilean à Chapuill, Eilean nan Uan and Liath Eilean. The low-lying Ulva
Islands and Taynish Island are farther east. Cala and
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and the main loch at the western end. Danna is now joined to the mainland by a causeway but at one time small craft could have travelled from Loch Sween into Loch na Cille to the north.
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381:"Loch Sween Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area Order 2014"
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Explorer Map (1:25 000) "Lochgilphead & Knapdale North".
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756:Turbot Bank
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153:Established
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98:Coordinates
843:Categories
652:Loch Sween
425:References
412:11 October
365:11 October
307:11 October
211:Tayvallich
181:Loch Suain
173:Loch Sween
798:Fair Isle
730:East Bank
708:Noss Head
253:beds and
219:Achnamara
767:Shetland
600:East of
592:Sea Sill
583:Central
519:Scotland
203:Scotland
161:Operator
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84:Location
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458:55°58′N
390:26 June
279:by the
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698:Orkney
680:Boddam
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602:Gannet
585:Fladen
553:Iona I
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780:and
778:Wyre
749:The
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662:Long
439:ISBN
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392:2018
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