Eilean Ruairidh Mòr

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
Gaelic name Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
Meaning of name Island of Big Rory/Roderick
Location
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NG897733
Coordinates 57°42′N 5°32′W / 57.7°N 5.53°W / 57.7; -5.53
Physical geography
Island group Loch Maree
Area 38 ha[1]
Area rank (Freshwater: 10) [2]
Highest elevation 51 m
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Highland
Demographics
Population 0
References [3][4]

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore".[5]

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr

Owned by the Forestry Commission, Eilean Ruairidh Mòr forms part of Slattadale Forest.[6] The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a national nature reserve.[7]

History

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure,[5] 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.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  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. ↑ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  4. ↑ Ordnance Survey
  5. 1 2 Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
  6. ↑ "Overview of Ruairidh Mòr". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  7. ↑ "Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve". Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  8. ↑ "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2007.

Coordinates: 57°42.05′N 5°31.75′W / 57.70083°N 5.52917°W / 57.70083; -5.52917

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