Tallant Farm, Isle of Islay, and the Paps of Jura

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Picture of a farm in a hilly landscape, larger mountains in the distanceA view from the east of Islay, looking over Tallant Farm towards the Paps of Jura.

Former Tallant Farm distillery buildings, Isle of Islay

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Picture of some old farm buildings, some in a bad state, they housed a distillery at some pointNothing really reminds you of it, but these buildings (or their predecessors) once were home to the predecessor of Laphroaig distillery before it moved to its current location. But then again this was well over 100 years ago. This is at Tallant Farm, south west of Bowmore.

 

Walkers on Cnoc Donn, Tallant, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a row of walkers on a conical hillA picture from an Islay walking week, the walkers ascending Cnoc Donn (98m) near Tallant. While it isn’t very high you still get nice views from it.