Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands
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| Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands | |
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  Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands
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| Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NG695343 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Eilean Mòr |
| Meaning of name: | big island |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 170 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 119 |
| Highest elevation: | Meall a' Chòis 114 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Inner Hebrides |
| Local Authority: | Highland |
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| References: | [1][2][3] |
Eilean Mòr is the largest of the Crowlin Islands in the Inner Sound off the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Eilean Mòr is situated at the mouth of Loch Carron, off the south coast of Applecross in Wester Ross.
Excavations on Eilean Mòr have shown evidence of human settlement in Mesolithic times 8,000 years ago. Ruined cottages can be seen in the north-east corner, near Camas na h-Annait (Scottish Gaelic: church bay).[3] In the middle of the nineteenth century tenants were cleared from Applecross to make way for sheep. A group of families unwilling to take passage from Scotland to far-off lands were settled on Crowlin Mòr (Eilean Mòr), to make what living they could by fishing and farming.[4] From about 1810 to 1920 Eilean Mòr was home to several families. In the course of time the families slipped back to Applecross and the island has been uninhabited since about 1920.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ^ Crowlin Press. Crowlin Press. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
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