Keava

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Keava
Waters North Atlantic
Archipelago Outer Hebrides
Geographical location 58 ° 12 ′ 51 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 19 ″  W Coordinates: 58 ° 12 ′ 51 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 19 ″  W
Keava (Scotland)
Keava
length 760 m
width 440 m
surface 25 ha
Highest elevation 27  m ASL
Residents uninhabited

Keava , Scottish Gaelic Ceabhaigh , 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

Keava is located in Loch Roag Bay off the west coast of the Isle of Lewis . It is only separated from the neighboring island of Great Bernera by a 360-meter-wide waterway . Lewis is to the east at a distance of around 700 meters. On Lewis are the towns of Breasclete and Callanish Keava opposite. Eilean Kearstay is 500 meters south.

The island has a maximum length of 760 meters and a width of 440 meters. This results in an area of ​​25  hectares . Its highest point rises 27 meters above sea level.

history

It is possible that Keava was already settled in the Stone or Bronze Ages. This is indicated by a stone construction that could have been a former dwelling. Four cairns and a standing stone also support the assumption of an early settlement.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ a b Measurement of Google Maps
  3. ^ Rick Linvingstone's Table of the Islands of Scotland
  4. ^ Map of the Ordnance Survey
  5. ↑ Entry on traces of settlement on Keava  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ Entry on Cairn on Keava  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  7. ↑ Entry on Cairn on Keava  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  8. ↑ Entry on Cairn on Keava  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  9. ↑ Entry on Cairn on Keava  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  10. ↑ Entry on Standing Stone on Keava  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database