Fuday
Scottish Gaelicname | Fùideigh |
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Location | |
OS grid reference | NF736082 |
Coordinates | 57°03′N7°23′W/ 57.05°N 07.39°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Uists andBarra |
Area | 232 ha (7⁄8sq mi) |
Area rank | 101 [1] |
Highest elevation | Mullach Neacail, 89 m (292 ft) |
Administration | |
Council area | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited since 1901 |
References | [2][3] |
Fuday(Scottish Gaelic:Fùideigh) is an uninhabited island of about 232 hectares (570 acres) and is one often islandsin theSound of Barra,aSite of Community Importanceforconservationin theOuter HebridesofScotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point onBarraand west ofEriskay.Fuday is owned by theScottish Government.[4]Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.
It is still used for the summer grazing of cattle, and they used to be swum across the 1-mile-wide (2-kilometre), but shallow, Caolas Fuideach (strait) to there from Eoligarry. When cattle were first introduced to the island, they were killed by dehydration. The crofters who left the cattle on the island failed to show the animals the location of the only drinkable source of water on the island, a loch far inland on the island. The cattle thus could not find drinking water and died of thirst.[citation needed]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^Area and population ranks: there arec. 300islands over 20 ha in extent and93 permanently inhabited islandswere listed in the2011 census.
- ^Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004).The Scottish Islands.Edinburgh: Canongate.ISBN978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^Ordnance Survey.OS Maps Online(Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^"Overview of Fuday".Gazetteer for Scotland.Retrieved11 November2007.
57°03′N7°23′W/ 57.050°N 7.383°W