A private track runs from the road end to the far north of the island (no vehicle access to the general public). Through browsing, the deer prevent the vegetation on the island from turning back to woodland, which is the natural climax community; indeed an alternative explanation of the island's name is that it derives from 'the great quantity of yew trees which grew in the island' [68] in earlier times. Like all inhabited Hebridean islands, Jura has its own indigenous tradition of Gaelic song and poetry. The dykes are most apparent on the west coast, where erosion of the less-resistant rock into which they are intruded has left them exposed as natural walls.

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Having also wound up the estate's farm, Greg Coffey then submitted proposals for the construction of a private 18-hole golf course on the estate. That spiciness builds for a few seconds to relatively intense level, wavers a bit, and then takes on a flare of renewed intensity upon swallowing. Forest Estate belongs to the Vestey family,, which was headed until 2021 by Samuel, 3rd Baron Vestey, chairman of the food and farming business Vestey Group Ltd, and a former Master of the Horse of the Royal Household.It is believed that Jura may have been Hinba, the island to which the 6th-century missionary, Columba, retreated from the monastic community he founded on Iona, when he wished for a more contemplative life. On the tongue, it is light and delicate, with notes of caramel, honey, oak and a slight nod toward sweet apples. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox!

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With an area of 36,692 hectares (142 sq mi), and 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, [3] Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, [6] whereas by population it comes 31st.

Evidence of settlements on Jura dating from the Mesolithic period was first uncovered by the English archaeologist John Mercer in the 1960s. Still owned by the Fletcher family who had rented it to Orwell, the four bedroom Barnhill house is available for rent but is somewhat primitive for this era. There is certainly a je ne sais quoi to a whisky with a history and the Jura Origin 10 year old is a perfect example of this.

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The present Lord Astor is William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor, but the owner of the estate is listed as Altar Properties Ltd of the British Virgin Islands, [51] whose beneficial owners are Viscount Astor's three children, Flora, Will and James.The skull is no longer there, but the latest editions of Ordnance Survey maps still mark the location as 'Maclean's Skull Cave'.