Scottish Gaelic name | Eilean Ruairidh Mòr |
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Meaning of name | Island of Big Rory/Roderick |
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Location | |
OS grid reference | NG897733 |
Coordinates | 57°42′N 5°32′W / 57.7°N 5.53°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Maree |
Area | 38 ha [1] |
Area rank | (Freshwater: 10) [2] |
Highest elevation | 51 m |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Highland |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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References | [3] [4] |
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". [5]
The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree. [4] The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a national nature reserve. [6]
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure, [5] similar to a Scandinavian dùn or burgh. The ancestors of the Mackenzies of Gairloch held it as a place of security from the attacks of the Macleods. [7]
57°42.05′N 5°31.75′W / 57.70083°N 5.52917°W
Scottish Gaelic name | Eilean Ruairidh Mòr |
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Meaning of name | Island of Big Rory/Roderick |
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Location | |
OS grid reference | NG897733 |
Coordinates | 57°42′N 5°32′W / 57.7°N 5.53°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Maree |
Area | 38 ha [1] |
Area rank | (Freshwater: 10) [2] |
Highest elevation | 51 m |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Highland |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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References | [3] [4] |
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". [5]
The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree. [4] The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a national nature reserve. [6]
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure, [5] similar to a Scandinavian dùn or burgh. The ancestors of the Mackenzies of Gairloch held it as a place of security from the attacks of the Macleods. [7]
57°42.05′N 5°31.75′W / 57.70083°N 5.52917°W