Sound of Jura

The Sound of Jura (An Linne Rosach) is a Sound in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is one of the several Sounds of Scotland. It is to the east of the island of Jura and the west of Knapdale, in the north of the Kintyre Peninsula, of the Scottish mainland. Lochs that lead to the sound include Loch Sween, and Loch Killisport. It is not to be confused with the Sound of Islay, which lies between Jura and Islay. Most of Jura's small population lives on the east coast, overlooking the sound.


 * The north end is particularly treacherous, being filled with skerries, small islands, strong tidal currents and whirlpools.


 * The south end, in contrast, is much wider and more open; most of the small islands and reefs are close to shore. The ferries to Colonsay and Islay from the mainland skirt the southern end of the sound.

Gulf of Corryvreckan
The Gulf of Corryvreckan, which contains a notorious whirlpool, the world's third largest, located at the north of the Sound.

Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal's west exit is also on the Sound of Jura. The canal is a shorter route from Loch Fyne, than sailing round the Mull of Kintyre.

Ruadh Sgeir Lighthouse
The Ruadh Sgeir Lighthouse, built in 1906, by David A and Charles Stevenson. It is a category C listed structure (LB52575). Located at.

Skervuile Lighthouse
The Skervuile Lighthouse, was completed in 1865, built by David and Thomas Stevenson. Located at, at the entrance to Lowlandman’s Bay.

George Orwell
Intermittently between 1946 and 1949, George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)), stayed in Barnhill, a farmhouse on the northeast of the island overlooking the Sound, while he completed his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.