Seanna Chnoc

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Seanna Chnoc
Location
Seanna Chnoc
Seanna Chnoc shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NB116413
Names
Gaelic name Flodaigh
Norse name Flot-ay
Meaning of name raft island
Area and summit
Area <10 ha
Highest elevation 91 metres (299 ft)[1]
Groupings
Island group Outer Hebrides
Local Authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Seanna Chnoc (English: "old hill"), also known as Seana Bheinn[2][3] is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland. It lies north west of Great Bernera and Bearasaigh.

Stac nam Balg lies offshore to the north and there is a cave in the north west of the island.[1]

There is no regular access to the island although boat excursions are available locally.[4]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Get-a-map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. Barrett (2010) p. 136
  3. "1:10,560 - Epoch 1. Scotland - Isle of Lewis". (1840) Ordnance Survey. British History Online. Retrieved 24 Nov 2012.
  4. Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 312
Seana Chnoc (at left) and Bearasaigh from the south west. Stac nam Balg is just visible to the left of Seanna Chnoc

References

  • Barrett, Richard (2010) Walking on Harris and Lewis: 30 Routes in the Outer Hebrides. Cicerone.
  • Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7. 

Coordinates: 58°17′02″N 6°55′12″W / 58.2838°N 6.9201°W / 58.2838; -6.9201


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