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Tarbert: North of the Corran River, and stretching as far as Loch Tarbert, the Tarbert Estate has been in the hands of the Astor family for over 100 years (see 'Recent History'). A private track runs from the road end to the far north of the island (no vehicle access to the general public).

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The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is designated a national scenic area (NSA), [11] one of 40 such areas in Scotland. Mercer notes [27] that although relatively few forced clearances on Jura were recorded, the emigrations were due to factors such as hunger and spiralling rents.On the tongue, it is light and delicate, with notes of caramel, honey, oak and a slight nod toward sweet apples. Somerled built the sea fortress of Claig Castle on an island at the southern tip of Jura, establishing control of the Sound of Islay; on account of the Corryvreckan whirlpool, this essentially gave him control of the sea traffic between the Scottish mainland and the Hebrides.

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The Campbells established a base for themselves at Ardfin, at the south of Jura, to replace the nearby MacDonald stronghold of Claig Castle. The Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura single malt whisky, is in the village, [9] as is the island's rum distillery which opened in 2021. Found a bottle of the old 10 in my dad's cupboard and I prefer the newer version as the tastes are kind of more separated, whereas the old was molded into one. After a century of intermittent violence between the families, in 1607 the Campbells purchased from the MacDonalds a quitclaim of any rights the latter might have on Jura.

Several of the island's landowners continue a more exclusive tourist offer, based around field sports on several of the estates, and the luxury hotel and golf courses at Ardfin. Jura ( / ˈ dʒ ʊər ə/ JOOR-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay.

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Former Prime Minister David Cameron has visited the estate on several occasions, as Lord Astor is the stepfather of his wife Samantha Cameron.To Norway, the islands became known as Suðreyjar (Old Norse, traditionally anglicised as Sodor), meaning southern isles. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation). In 2018 a new business hub opened in Craighouse consisting of four units adjacent to the community petrol pumps. In 1963, two estate owners, Robin Fletcher of Ardlussa and Tony Riley-Smith of Ardfin, took over the old property and built a modern distillery; they expanded it in 1978. Throughout the year the MV Eilean Dhiura runs a regular service between Feolin on Jura and Port Askaig on Islay, with frequent sailings from 7.