Crowlin Islands
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| Waters | Inner Sound ( Atlantic Ocean ) |
| archipelago | Inner Hebrides |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 21 ′ N , 5 ° 50 ′ W |
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| Number of islands | 3 |
| Main island | Eilean Mòr |
| Residents | uninhabited |
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The Crowlin Islands ( Scottish Gaelic : na h-Eileanan Cròlainneach ) are a group of islands in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland . They are between Skye and the Applecross Peninsula and northwest of Scalpay .
The following islands belong to this group:
- Eilean Mòr (German: "big island")
- Eilean Meadhanach ("middle island"), immediately west of Eilean Mòr
- Eilean Beag ("small island"), north of Eilean Meadhanach
Eilean Mòr is around 1.6 kilometers long and around 1.7 km² in size. Its highest mountain is Meall a 'Chòis in the south with a height of 114 meters. There is a cave to the northeast and Loch nan Leac lake in the middle of the island . Crumbling houses can be seen near Camas na h-Annait in the northeast. There is a lighthouse on Eilean Beag.
Excavations in the cave at Eilean Mòr have shown that the island was inhabited 8,000 years ago. Between 1820 and 1920 several families lived on Eilean Mòr, who were evicted from Applecross during the Highland Clearances . Since they were unwilling to go overseas, however, they were allowed to settle on the islands in consultation with the evacuating landowner. There they tried to make a living by fishing and farming. Over time, the families moved back to Applecross, so that the island has been uninhabited since 1920.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands . Canongate, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 1-84195-454-3
- ^ "Crowlin Press" ( Memento from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
literature
In the book Kindly Clouds: Poems by Alan MacGillivray , (2005, ISBN 0-9550169-0-8 ) there is a poem about Eilean Mòr.