Cairn na Burgh Mòr

Infobox Scottish island |


GridReference=NM305448
celtic name=Cairn na Burgh Mòr
norse name=Kiarnaborg
meaning of name=Norse name possibly meaning (large) "fort on good land"
area= 1.36 ha
area rank=
highest elevation= 35 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Treshnish Isles
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/placenamesC-E.pdf| title=Placenames| author=Iain Mac an Tailleir| publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba| accessdate=2007-07-28]

Cairn na Burgh Mòr (also Cairnburgh More) is one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

Cairn na Burgh Mòr is the larger of the two "Carnburgs" (as they are nicknamed) at the northeastern end of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides - the other being "Cairn na Burgh Beag". The larger of a pair guards the entrance to Loch Tuath on the west coast of Mull. These grassy islands are both remnants of ancient lava flows, and have a distinctive profile: flat-topped and trimmed with cliffs. Cairn na Burgh Mòr has fortifications on the grassy slope. There is a castle and a chapel here. [cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1536.html| title=Overview of Burgh More, Cairn na| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2007-07-28]

It is no longer inhabited.

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