Kerrera

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Kerrera
Kerrera
Kerrera
Waters Firth of Lorne
Archipelago Inner Hebrides
Geographical location 56 ° 23 '45 "  N , 5 ° 32' 45"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 23 '45 "  N , 5 ° 32' 45"  W.
Kerrera (Scotland)
Kerrera
length 7.2 km
width 2.3 km
surface 12.14 km²
Highest elevation Carn Breugach
189  m ASL
Residents 34 (2011)
2.8 inhabitants / km²
main place Balliemore

Kerrera is a Scottish island. It is part of the Inner Hebrides archipelago and administratively belongs to the Argyll and Bute Council Area . At the municipal level, the entire island is part of the Community Council District Oban.

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Kerrera is only separated from the Scottish coast by a few hundred meters wide Kerrera Sound . The elongated island has a maximum length of 7.2 km and a width of maximum 2.3 km. It shields Oban Bay , on which the city of Oban is located, from the sea side. The highest point on the island is the Carn Breugach hill with a height of 189 m. Kerrera is connected to the mainland by a ferry.

history

The history of Kerrera is linked to the MacDougall clan , who took possession of it in the 12th century. The Scottish King Alexander II assembled his fleet in Horseshoe Bay on the south coast of the island as part of the preparations for the invasion of the Hebrides . Before completing the measure, however, he became feverish and died on July 8, 1249 on Kerrera. In 1263 the Norwegian King Håkon IV held a meeting with the chiefs of the Hebridean clans on Kerrera. In the 16th century the MacDougalls established their ancestral seat there with Gylen Castle . In 1647 the castle was besieged, as a result of which the Covenanters under General Leslie burned the building and killed the residents. Gylen Castle was never inhabited and fell into disrepair. The ruins preserved today are classified in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. At the beginning of the 19th century, around 200 people lived on Kerrera. After the population had fallen to 27 by 1971, 34 people lived there again in 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Representation of the boundaries on the UA Argyll and Bute map server ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 22, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
  2. ↑ a b Kerrera. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Kerrera. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 353 .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Entry on Gylen Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ 2011 census data

Web links

Commons : Kerrera  - collection of images, videos and audio files