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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COLL  , an

island of the Inner Hebrides,
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Argyllshire, Scotland . Pop . (1901) 432 . It is situated about 7 M. west of Caliach Point in
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Mull, and
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measures 12 M. from N.E. to S.W., with a breadth varying from m. to 4 m . It is composed of
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gneiss, is generally rather flat, save in the west where Ben Hogh reaches a height of 339 ft., and has several lakes . The pasturage is good and the
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soil fairly fertile . Much
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dairy produce is ex-ported, besides sheep and cattle . The antiquities include stone circles,
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duns, the ruins of Breachacha Castle, once a fortress of the Lords of the Isles . A steamer from
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Oban calls regularly at Arinagour .

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