Cairn na Burgh Beag is one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

Cairn na Burgh Beag

Scottish Gaelic name	Cairn na Burgh Beag
Old Norse name	Kiarnaborg
Meaning of name	(small) "fort on good land"
Location
Cairn na Burgh Beag Cairn na Burgh Beag shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NM308449
Coordinates	56.52°N 6.38°W / 56.52; -6.38
Physical geography
Island group	Treshnish Isles
Area	1.2 ha
Highest elevation	22 m
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Demographics
Population	0
References	[1][2][3][4]

Cairn na Burgh Beag is the smaller of the two "Carnburgs" (as they are nicknamed) at the northeastern end of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides. (The other is Cairn na Burgh Mòr.) Cairnburgh Castle, which guards the entrance to Loch Tuath on the west coast of Mull, is located on the larger of the pair. However, an unusual feature of the castle is that its defences straddle both islands: There is a small guard-house and a well on Cairn na Burgh Beag.[5]

Both of these grassy islands are remnants of ancient lava flows, and both have a distinctive profile: They area flat-topped and trimmed with cliffs.

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