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Fraoch Eilean, a small island in Loch Awe, Argyllshire, 2½ miles SW of Kilchurn Castle and ½ mile NE of Inishail. The hero Fraoch, going to gather its serpent-guarded apples, which the fair Mego longed for, slew and was slain by the monster—a legend which recalls the classic myth of the Hesperides, and which forms the theme of an ancient Gaelic poem, translated about 1770 by the Rev. Dr John Smith. In 1267 the islet was granted by Alexander III. to Gilbert Macnaughton; and it contains the ruins of a strong fortalice, in which the Macnaughton chieftains resided.—Ord. Sur., sh. 45, 1876.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a small island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Argyll ScoCnty |
| Place: | Fraoch Eilean |
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