Flodaigh
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| Waters | North Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Outer Hebrides | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 11 '37 " N , 6 ° 55' 34" W | |
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| length | 1.1 km | |
| width | 700 m | |
| surface | 39 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 48 m ASL | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Flodaigh , also called Floday , is a Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides . It is located in the council area of the same name and was historically part of the traditional county of Ross-shire or the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty .
geography
In Loch Roag Bay, off the Isle of Lewis, there are two islands called Flodaigh. The island described here is only separated from the Isle of Lewis by a 60 meter wide waterway. It is located in the western arm of Loch Roag across from the Carishader settlement . The islands of Vuia Beg and Vuia Mor , located off Great Bernera , are about one kilometer east and two kilometers northeast, respectively.
The island has a maximum length of 1.1 kilometers and a width of 700 meters. It occupies an area of 39 hectares . Its highest point rises 48 meters above sea level.
history
The now uninhabited Flodaigh was once inhabited, as evidenced by various ruins today. In the course of the Highland Clearances , the residents of Flodaigh were evicted until 1827 in order to use the island as grazing land for sheep. The descendants of the Earls of Seaforth , who ruled over Lewis, who resided at Seaforth Lodge , were probably responsible .
Today fish farming is carried out around Flodaigh.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Measurement on Google Maps
- ^ Rick Linvingstone's Table of the Islands of Scotland
- ↑ Entry on settlement remains on Flodaigh in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on settlement remains on Flodaigh in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)