Craignish | |
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Peninsula | |
 Thrift, Craignish Point | |
  Craignish | |
| Coordinates: 56°11′35″N 5°33′0″W / 56.19306°N 5.55000°W | |
| Grid position | NM 79844 05722 |
| Location | Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Craignish (Scottish Gaelic, Creiginis) is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland. It lies around 25 miles (40 km) south of Oban, and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Lochgilphead. The peninsula is around 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long, and is aligned along a north-east to south-west orientation, in common with much of the landform of coastal Argyll. To the south is Loch Craignish, which contains several small islands. To the north are the Slate Islands, with the island of Shuna closest. Jura is only 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Craignish Point, the southern tip of Craignish.
There are two main settlements on Craignish, Ardfern on the south coast, and the modern village of Craobh Haven, established in 1983 as a holiday resort and marina, on the north. A single-track road, the B8002, runs along the south shore of the peninsula. In October 2023 a landslip blocked the A816, which feeds the B8002, cutting-off the village from the south. Heavy rain caused 6,000 tonnes of earth to fall, blocking the road. The road was still blocked in November 2023.[1]
- ^ Ferguson, Donna (2 November 2023). "Remote Scottish community still cut off a month after 6,000-tonne landslip". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2023.