Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
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| Eilean Ruairidh Mòr | |
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| Location | |
  Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
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| Eilean Ruairidh Mòr shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NG897733 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Eilean Ruairidh Mòr |
| Meaning of name: | Island of Big Rory/Roderick |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 41 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 207= |
| Highest elevation: | 51 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Loch Maree |
| Local Authority: | Highland |
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| References: | [1][2] |
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore"[3].
Owned by the Forestry Commission, Eilean Ruairidh Mòr forms part of Slattadale Forest.[4] The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a National Nature Reserve.[5]
[edit] History
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure [3], similar to a Scandinavian dùn or burgh. The ancestors of the Mackenzies of Gairloch held it as a place of security from the attacks of the Macleods.[6]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ a b Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
- ^ Overview of Ruairidh Mòr. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ^ Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve. Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Electric Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
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