Vacasay
Vacasay | ||
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Northern tip of Vacasay | ||
Waters | North Atlantic | |
Archipelago | Outer Hebrides | |
Geographical location | 58 ° 13 '29 " N , 6 ° 47' 28" W | |
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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
- ^ A b c Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Measurement of Google Maps
- ↑ a b Entry on stone arrangement on Vacasay in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on traces of settlement on Vacasay in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on traces of settlement on Vacasay in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Cairn on Vacasay in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Craig McQueen: The Laird Of Lesmahagow , Daily Record, Jan. 24, 2008.