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Jura (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Tom Elliott

Contributors: Sean Gillies

Last modified May 27, 2026 04:17 PM — History

One of the Inner Hebrides islands of Scotland with evidence of human habitation stretching back to the Mesolithic period. It is one possible identification for an ancient "Riginia" island mentioned in ancient sources.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/860944717

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
55.9770549084, -5.89519845652

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Jura (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Jura (island) makes connections with:

Less than certain: Jura (island) same as Riginia (unspecified date range)

Jura (island) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, and Sean Gillies, 'Jura (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/860944717> [accessed: 07 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/860944717 |title=Places: 860944717 (Jura (island)) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=October 7, 2026 8:48 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Jura (island)