Texa

Texa
	South Texas Coast
Waters	Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago	Inner Hebrides
Geographical location	55 ° 37 '3 " N , 6 ° 8' 32" W Coordinates: 55 ° 37 '3 " N , 6 ° 8' 32" W.
length	1.3 km
width	600 m
surface	48 ha
Highest elevation	Ceann Garbh ; 48 m
Residents	uninhabited
	Detail from Joan Blaeu's atlas from 1654. The map is oriented to the west, which means that Texa ( TEGHZA ) and the Islay coast appear at the top of the picture.

Texa ( Gaelic : Teacsa ) is a Scottish island. In Joan Blaeus Atlas of 1654 the name of the island is given as Ylen Teghza .

geography

The island is 700 meters south of Islay and about two kilometers southeast of the Port Ellen ferry terminal . It is part of the Inner Hebrides archipelago and administratively belongs to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . Historically, Texa was part of Argyllshire . Texa extends over a length of 1.3 km in an east-northeast direction with a maximum width of 600 m. The highest point of the rocky island is the Ceann Garbh hill in the northeast with a height of 48 m.

colonization

While census data from 1861 shows that the Logan family was still a family of nine on Texa, the island is now uninhabited. The remains of a chapel called Texa Chapel and a cemetery have been preserved on Texa . There is evidence that Texa is identical to the Oidecha from monastic writings. Saint Kenneth (Cainneach), a companion of Saint Columban , is said to have stopped here on his journey from Iona .

Individual evidence

↑ Texa. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 436 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Texa. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
^ Scotland Census Office: Census of Scotland – 1861. Population Tables and Report. Number of the Inhabitants, Families, Children at School, Houses, and Rooms with Windows, in the Civil Counties and Parishes, Registration Counties and Districts, Burghs, Towns, Villages, and Islands of Scotland: Also a Classification of Families according to their Sizes , the Number of Persons they Contain, and their relative House Accommodation. Murray and Gibb for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh 1862.
↑ Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands, Aa comprehensive Guide to every Scottish Island. Fully revised 2nd edition. Canongate, Edinburgh et al. 2004, ISBN 1-84195-454-3 , p. 31.

[groome-1] Texa. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 436 .

[scogaz-2] Texa. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .

[3] Scotland Census Office: Census of Scotland – 1861. Population Tables and Report. Number of the Inhabitants, Families, Children at School, Houses, and Rooms with Windows, in the Civil Counties and Parishes, Registration Counties and Districts, Burghs, Towns, Villages, and Islands of Scotland: Also a Classification of Families according to their Sizes , the Number of Persons they Contain, and their relative House Accommodation. Murray and Gibb for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Edinburgh 1862.

[4] Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands, Aa comprehensive Guide to every Scottish Island. Fully revised 2nd edition. Canongate, Edinburgh et al. 2004, ISBN 1-84195-454-3 , p. 31.