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'''Eilean nan Ròn''' ({{lang-gd|island of the seals}}) is an island near ], in the parish of the same name, in the north of ] in ]<ref name=Wilson>Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone</ref>. 350 seal pups are born here annually. |
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'''Eilean nan Ròn''' ({{lang-gd|island of the seals}}) is an island near ], in the parish of the same name, in the north of ] in ].<ref name=Wilson>Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone</ref> 350 seal pups are born here annually. |
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==History== |
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Eilean nan Ròn was populated for many years, with seventy three people living there in 1881. It has been uninhabited since 1931, around the same time as ] and ]. Ruins of settlement can be seen in the waist of the island, between Mol na Coinnle ("Pebble Beach of the Candles") and Mol Mòr ("big pebble beach").<ref name=Smith/> |
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Eilean nan Ròn was populated for many years, with seventy three people living there in 1881. It has been uninhabited since 1931, around the same time as ] and ]. Ruins of settlement can be seen in the waist of the island, between Mol na Coinnle ("Pebble Beach of the Candles") and Mol Mòr ("big pebble beach").<ref name=Smith/> |
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==Geography and geology== |
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It is not technically one of the ] as it is too far away from them. The island is mainly sandstone with steep cliffs on the north and east coasts and a natural arch at Leathad Ballach.<ref name=Smith/>, which is 150ft high, and 70ft wide.<ref name=Wilson/> The high points are Cnoc an Loisgein (76 metres/244 feet) and Cnoc na Caillich (75 metres). As Rev. Wilson wrote in 1882: |
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It is not technically one of the ] as it is too far away from them. The island is mainly sandstone with steep cliffs on the north and east coasts and a natural arch at Leathad Ballach.,<ref name=Smith/> which is 150 ft high, and 70 ft wide.<ref name=Wilson/> The high points are Cnoc an Loisgein (76 metres/244 feet) and Cnoc na Caillich (75 metres). As Rev. Wilson wrote in 1882: |
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:''It looks like two islands, is mostly engirt with high precipitous rocks, includes a low tract of very fertile soil.''<ref name=Wilson/> |
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==Footnotes== |
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Eilean nan Ròn was populated for many years, with seventy three people living there in 1881. It has been uninhabited since 1931, around the same time as Tanera Mòr and St Kilda. Ruins of settlement can be seen in the waist of the island, between Mol na Coinnle ("Pebble Beach of the Candles") and Mol Mòr ("big pebble beach").
