Jura Origin Scotch Whisky, 20 cl

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The main settlement is the east coast village of Craighouse. [8] The Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura single malt whisky, is in the village, [9] as is the island's rum distillery which opened in 2021. Craighouse also houses the island's shop, church, primary school, the Jura hotel and bar, a gallery, craft shop, tearoom and the community run petrol pumps. To Norway, the islands became known as Suðreyjar (Old Norse, traditionally anglicised as Sodor), meaning southern isles. The former territory of Dal Riata acquired the geographic description Argyle (now Argyll): the Gaelic coast. harmonyrowbc (24 October 2017). "Captain Campbell of Jura (1880-1971)". Glasgow's Benefactors . Retrieved 16 October 2019.

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If you’re looking for any remaining bottles at your store, look for the box emblazoned with a triskele – a triple spiral that actually fits into Celtic tradition, as opposed to the Egyptian hieroglyph-like symbols on other bottles. Jura previously indicated that the triskele is the Celtic symbol for birth and beginnings. History aside, I’ve preferred to see the symbol as representing the cyclical nature of the world, which seems fitting as Origin apparently enters its waning days. The current MSP for Argyll and Bute is Jenni Minto of the Scottish National Party (SNP), who was elected in 2021, taking over from her party colleague Michael Russell. a b c National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126 . Retrieved 14 August 2020. A tour of Orwell's Jura, where he wrote 1984". The Guardian. 8 June 2019. The house where George Orwell penned his masterpiece, published 70 years ago today, has hardly changed, nor has the brooding and remote Scottish island he loved

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Evidence of settlements on Jura dating from the Mesolithic period was first uncovered by the English archaeologist John Mercer in the 1960s. [21] There is a Neolithic chambered cairn at Poll a' Cheo in the southwest of the island. [22] a b "National Scenic Areas – Maps". SNH. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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In his later life, George Orwell moved to Barnhill, on Jura, living there intermittently from 1946. During that time he was critically ill with tuberculosis. Orwell left Jura in January 1949 to get treatment at a sanatorium in Gloucestershire and never returned to the island. [34] Barnhill After his death, nominal Norwegian authority was re-established, but de facto authority was split between Somerled's sons and the Crovan dynasty. Somerled's son Dougall received the part of Jura north of Loch Tarbert (along with adjacent islands further north), while Dougal's nephew Donald received the rest of Jura, as well as Islay, and lands to the east. It is unclear why Jura was split like this, but it may have been connected to a dispute with Donald's other uncle, Angus, who Donald and his brother had ultimately dispossessed. [ citation needed]Beinn an Òir (Gaelic: 'mountain of gold') is the highest, standing at 785 metres (2,575 ft), [17] and is thereby a Corbett. Still owned by the Fletcher family who had rented it to Orwell, the four bedroom Barnhill house is available for rent but is somewhat primitive for this era. A generator supplies electricity, the small refrigerator is gas-powered and heat is provided by a coal-fired Rayburn. [39] The original look and feel of the house has been retained. "If you stay here, you're really treading in Orwell's footsteps. He would recognise the place instantly if he were to step through the door today," Orwell Society member Damaris Fletcher told The Guardian. [40] Government and politics edit During the summer the island has a direct passenger ferry link between Craighouse on Jura and Tayvalllich on the Scottish mainland. [64] This service is run by the community.