Vacasay

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Vacasay
Northern tip of Vacasay
Northern tip of Vacasay
Waters North Atlantic
Archipelago Outer Hebrides
Geographical location 58 ° 13 '29 "  N , 6 ° 47' 28"  W Coordinates: 58 ° 13 '29 "  N , 6 ° 47' 28"  W.
Vacasay (Scotland)
Vacasay
length 680 m
width 290 m
Highest elevation 29  m ASL
Residents uninhabited

Vacasay , in Scottish Gaelic Bhacsaigh , 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

Vacasay 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 70-meter-wide waterway . Lewis is one kilometer to the east. The village of Breasclete is two kilometers southeast.

The island has a maximum length of 680 meters and a width of 290 meters. Its highest point rises 29 meters above sea level. Vacasay is partly covered with peat .

history

Vacasay may have been settled in the Stone or Bronze Ages. This is indicated by stone slabs that protrude from the peaty ground on a hill in the southern part of the island. Remains of round huts in the northern part of Vacasay and a cairn testify to later settlement .

In the meantime, the Indian businessman Sirdar Iqbal Singh has acquired Vacasay. Because of his admiration for the Scottish national poet Robert Burns , he pushed for the island to be renamed Eilean Burns .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ a b Measurement of Google Maps
  3. ↑ a b Entry on stone arrangement on Vacasay  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry on traces of settlement on Vacasay  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on traces of settlement on Vacasay  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ Entry on Cairn on Vacasay  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  7. ↑ Craig McQueen: The Laird Of Lesmahagow , Daily Record, Jan. 24, 2008.