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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr

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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore".[5]

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The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree.[4] The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a national nature reserve.[6]

History

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure,[5] 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.[7]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. [2]
    Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. [3]
    2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  4. [4]
    Ordnance Survey. Landranger (1:50000) Series. Sheet 19: Gairloch and Ullapool.
  5. [5]
    Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
  6. [6]
    "Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve". NatureScot. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
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