Nave Island
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| Nave Island | |
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| Location | |
  Nave Island | |
| OS grid reference | NR292759 |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 40 hectares (0.15 sq mi)[1] |
| Area rank | 219=[2] |
| Highest elevation | 34 metres (112 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Islay |
| Local Authority | Argyll and Bute |
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| References | [3] |
Not to be confused with Neave Island off the north of Sutherland.
Nave Island is to the north of Islay at the mouth of Loch Gruinart in the Inner Hebrides.[4] It is uninhabited.
The highest point on Nave Island is 34 metres (112 ft) above sea level.[3]
History
As its name implies, the island has an ecclesiastical connection, probably dating back to the time of the Culdees. In 1549, Dean Monro wrote: "on the north coist of Ila, beside the entresse of Lochgrunord, layes ane iyle, called by the Erish Ellan-nese, with ane kirke in it. This iyle is half ane myle in lenthe, fair maynland, inhabit and manurit, guid for fishing."[5] Johan Blaeu's Atlas of 1654 refers to the island as "Ylen Naomh".[6]
Notes
- ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- ↑ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands >20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ "Nave Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ↑ Monro (1549) "Nese" no. 80
- ↑ "Ila Insula". Blaeu's Atlas of Scotland. Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
References
- Monro, Sir Donald (1549) Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. William Auld. Edinburgh - 1774 edition.
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Coordinates: 55°54′N 6°20′W / 55.900°N 6.333°W
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