| Eilean Ruairidh Mòr | |
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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 | 38 ha[1] |
| Area rank | (Freshwater: 10) |
| Highest elevation | 51 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Loch Maree |
| Local Authority | Highland |
| References | [2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore".[4]
Owned by the Forestry Commission, Eilean Ruairidh Mòr forms part of Slattadale Forest.[5] The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a National Nature Reserve.[6]
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure,[4] 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]
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