Killegray
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| Killegray | |
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| Location | |
  Killegray
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| Killegray shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NF976836 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Ceileagraigh |
| Norse name: | kjallard-øy |
| Meaning of name: | Old Norse: graveyard island |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 176 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 118 |
| Highest elevation: | 45 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Outer Hebrides |
| Local Authority: | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
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| References: | [1][2][3] |
Killegray is an island in the Sound of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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[edit] Geography
Situated in the Sound of Harris, a channel of water between North Uist and the Isle of Harris, Killegray is approximately 1½ miles long.
The south end of the island is nearly all deep uncultivated moss. There is better cultivated land at the north.[4]
[edit] History
Rubha Claidhe in the north is the site of a ruined chapel, Teampull na h-Annait, which may be the origin of the island's name.[3]
Currently uninhabited, the island was occupied by a family of around three to five people from 1861 to 1931. Two people were temporarily living on the island when the 1971 census was taken.
The 19th-century Killegray House, the only house on the island was renovated as holiday accommodation in 1991.[4]
[edit] Wildlife
The shallow waters and reefs are a rich breeding ground for velvet crabs and lobsters.[3]
[edit] Possible development
Jacobs-Babtie has investigated building a combination of bridges and causeways across the Sound of Harris.[5] Wind turbines and tidal generators could be incorporated in the scheme from Berneray via Killegray and Ensay to Harris.[6] The estimated cost of £75 million could rise to £145 million with the renewable energy devices.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ a b c Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3.
- ^ a b Historical perspective for Killegray. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ John Ross (19 August 2006). Eco-power plan to boost islands link. The Scotsman. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ Feasibility of Renewable Energy to fund Western Isles link (pdf). Metoc (30 November 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
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