Mealista
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Coordinates: 58°06′14″N 7°06′29″W / 58.104°N 7.108°W
Mealista (Scottish Gaelic: Mealasta) was a township in the west of the Isle of Lewis. It is currently largely uninhabited due to the Highland Clearances, which occurred there in 1838.[1]
Mealista is a name of Norse origin, melr-stadhr, meaning 'lyme-grass steading'.[1] Mealasta lends its name to Eilean Mhealasta which is just to the southwest. The area of Mealasta is known to be the location of a medieval settlement, with a possible nunnery on the headland.[2]
During World War II, fourteen of the survivors of the merchant ship SS Geraldine Mary reached shore at Mealista in August 1940.[3] The ship had been torpedoed, off the coast of Ireland, by the German U-Boat U-52.[4][5][6]
References
- 1 2 "Mealista". Hebridean Connections. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Data structure report of small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.". Durham University. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mealasta Beaches". Welcome to Scotland. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Canadian & Newfoundland Merchantmen Lost Due to Enemy Actions in WWII.". Battle of the Atlantic. Retrieved 21 December 2014. line feed character in
|title=at position 36 (help) - ↑ "Watson's Really Big WWII Almanac". Google Books. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Geraldine Mary". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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