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'''Eilean nan Ròn''' ({{lang-gd|island of the seals}}) is an island near ], in the north of ], Scotland.<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 north of ], Scotland.<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 and 30 in 1931. It has been uninhabited since 1938.{{fact|date=October 2011}} Final Evacuation List: |
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Eilean nan Ròn was populated for many years, with seventy three people living there in 1881 and 30 in 1931. It has been uninhabited since 1938.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} Final Evacuation List: |
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Christina Bella Mackay, Hector Sinclair Mackay, Jessie Ann Mackay, Willie John Mackay, Hugh Campbell Mackay, Donald Mackay, Ina Mackay, Chrissie Dolina Mackay, Christina Mackay. |
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Christina Bella Mackay, Hector Sinclair Mackay, Jessie Ann Mackay, Willie John Mackay, Hugh Campbell Mackay, Donald Mackay, Ina Mackay, Chrissie Dolina Mackay, Christina Mackay. |
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==Geography and geology== |
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Eilean nan Ròn is not one of the ], which lie off the west coast of mainland Scotland. 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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Eilean nan Ròn is not one of the ], which lie off the west coast of mainland Scotland. 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 {{convert|150|ft|0|abbr=out}} high, and {{convert|70|ft|0|abbr=out}} wide.<ref name=Wilson/> The high points are Cnoc an Loisgein ( {{convert|76|m|0|abbr=out}}) and Cnoc na Caillich ( {{convert|75|m|0|abbr=out}}). 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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:''It looks like two islands, is mostly engirt with high precipitous rocks, includes a low tract of very fertile soil.''<ref name=Wilson/> |
Eilean nan Ròn was populated for many years, with seventy three people living there in 1881 and 30 in 1931. It has been uninhabited since 1938. Final Evacuation List:
Christina Bella Mackay, Hector Sinclair Mackay, Jessie Ann Mackay, Willie John Mackay, Hugh Campbell Mackay, Donald Mackay, Ina Mackay, Chrissie Dolina Mackay, Christina Mackay.
The ruins of settlement can be seen from the Skerray and in the waist of the island, between Mol na Coinnle ("Pebble Beach of the Candles") and Mol Mòr ("big pebble beach").
