Tarbert, Kintyre
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Tarbert is a village in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and Bute council area. It is built at the head of an inlet of Loch Fyne called East Loch Tarbert, on a narrow isthmus which connects Kintyre
Loch Fyne skiffs geograph.org.uk 7828652
East Loch Tarbert and Tarbert Castle geograph.org.uk 1624617
Boats at rest, Tarbert geograph.org.uk 2532714
Ferry from the Cowal peninsula arrives at Tarbert geograph.org.uk 3065314
Dál Riata
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Dál Riata or Dál Riada was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel. At its height in the 6th and 7th centuries,
Tarbert, Kintyre
…there and shipped onward, allowing seafarers to avoid the sail around the Mull of Kintyre. Tarbert was anciently part of the Gaelic overkingdom of Dál Riata and protected by three castles – in the village centre, at the head of the West Loch, and on the south side of the East Loch. The ruin of the last of…
Dunadd Hillfort
9th-century St Martin's Cross on Iona
Saint Matthew, folio 28v in the Book of Kells
Footprint (replica) used in king-making ceremonies, Dunadd