Eilean Horrisdale
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| Eilean Horrisdale | |
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| Location | |
 Eilean Horrisdale
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| En Horrisdale shown within Highland Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | NG786744 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name | Eilean Thòiriosdal |
| Norse name | Eilean Horrisdale |
| Meaning of name | Thor's Dale |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 32 ha |
| Highest elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Wester Ross |
| Local Authority | Highland |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland.
[edit] Geography
Eilean Horrisdale is the largest island in Loch Gairloch.[2] In front is the smaller, Eilean Tioram (dry island), which is connected to the mainland by a causeway.
Eilean Horrisdale shelters the small harbour of Badachro.[2] In 1841, it supported a fishing community of 27 people in four houses and 31 in five houses by the end of the 19th century.[2] There were two curing stations - one on Eilean Horrisdale and one on Eilean Tioram.[4] Today there are five houses on the island which are generally used in the holidays.
The name comes from Thor, the Norse God of Thunder.[4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ a b c d Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 185. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ a b "Badachro". Am Baile. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=59316. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
Coordinates: 57°42′19″N 5°43′1″W / 57.70528°N 5.71694°W
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