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Eilean dà Mhèinn

Eilean dà Mhèinn

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Eilean dà Mhèinn, is a small inhabited island in Loch Crinan and one of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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It is about 100 metres (330 ft) to the west of the village of Crinan in Knapdale at high tide and only a fraction of that distance from the mainland shore at low tide.[3]

Although apparently not permanently inhabited in 2001[4] according to the 2011 census there was a single inhabitant at that time.[1] It has a landing stage on the eastern shore and a building near the centre of the island.[3] The crowded harbour at Crinan has so many moorings that "it is no longer possible to anchor to the south or east" of the island.[5]

Eilean dà Mhèinn is part of the Knapdale National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[6]

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  1. [1]
    National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  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]
    Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  4. [4]
    General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. [5]
    Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 31
  6. [6]
    "National Scenic Areas" Archived 2017-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. SNH. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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