Garbh Eileach

Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=56.24
longitude=-5.77


GridReference=NM665115
celtic name=Garbh Eileach
norse name=
meaning of name=rough rocky mound
area=142 ha
area rank= 128=
highest elevation= 110 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Garvellachs
local authority=Argyll and Bute
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| date=2004| title=The Scottish Islands| location=Edinburgh| publisher=Canongate| isbn=1-84195-454-3] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] [cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesF-J.pdf| title=Placenames| author=Iain Mac an Tailleir| publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba| accessdate=2007-07-28]

Garbh Eileach is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest of the Garvellachs and lies in the Firth of Lorne between Mull and Argyll.

The name is Gaelic for 'rough rocky mound'. The Anglicised version of the name gives the whole group of islands its name, the Garvellachs.

There is a small ruined fort above a bay on the eastern coast. [Pallister, Marian (2005) "Lost Argyll: Argyll's Lost Heritage". Edinburgh. Birlinn. Page 133.]

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