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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 549 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TYREE , an See also:

island of the Inner See also:Hebrides, See also:Argyllshire, See also:Scot-See also:land. Pop. (1901), 2192. It is situated fully 2 m. S.W. of See also:Coll, the isle of Gunna lying in the channel between the two islands, and has an extreme length from See also:north-See also:east to See also:south-See also:west of nearly 12 M. and a breadth varying from 4 m. to 44 M. Carnan Mor (46o ft.) is the highest point; there are several lakes. On the south-western point of Balephuill See also:Bay are ruins of St See also:Patrick's See also:temple, besides See also:duns and See also:ancient chapels. Steamers See also:call from See also:Oban regularly at the small See also:harbour of Scarinish. SKERRYVORE, a lonely See also:rock in the See also:Atlantic, 14 M. south-west, belongs to the See also:parish of Tyree. The massive lighthouse, which Alan See also:Stevenson erected in 1833-1843, was constructed of See also:granite from the quarries of Hynish at the south-eastern extremity of Tyree.

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