| Sound of Jura | |
| Location: | Western Scotland |
| Type: | Sound |
| Frozen: | No |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland |
The Sound of Jura 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.
See also: Gulf of Corryvreckan.
The Gulf of Corryvreckan, which contains a notorious whirlpool, the world's third largest, located at the north of the Sound.[1]
See also: 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.[2]
The Ruadh Sgeir Lighthouse, built in 1906, by David A and Charles Stevenson. It is a category C listed structure (LB52575). Located at .[3]
The Skervuile Lighthouse, was completed in 1865, built by David and Thomas Stevenson. Located at, at the entrance to Lowlandman’s Bay.[4] [5]
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.[6]