Gometra
Categories: Inner Hebrides | Marilyns of Scotland | Mountains and hills of the Scottish islands | Argyll and Bute geography stubs
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Prominence:
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Topo map:
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OS Landrangers 47, 48
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OS grid reference:
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NM361414
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Listing:
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Marilyn
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Gometra is an
island in the
Scottish Inner Hebrides, lying south west of
Mull. It lies immediately north west of
Ulva, to which it is linked by a bridge, and a low tide also by a beach.
The island was formerly
agricultural, growing grain for the monastery on
Iona. Once home to a population of over a hundred, now down to a handful of people, up to a thousand black face sheep, a flock of goats, and
red deer. Attractions on the island include a
burial ground.