Fuiay
| Fuiay Gaelic: Fùidheigh | |
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| Location: | 56°59’46"N, 7°22’7"W |
| Grid reference: | NF740022 |
| Area: | 208 acres |
| Highest point: | 351 feet |
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| Population: | Uninhabited |
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Fuiay is an island lying in the Sound of Barra which separates the isles of Barra and South Uist in the Outer Hebrides and within Inverness-shire. It is one of ten isles in the sound.
The island has an area of 208 acres and its (unnamed) highest eminence reaches 351 feet. It is located immediately to the west of Flodday and about a mile south-west of Hellisay. Barra lies across the waters of North Bay.
The island had six households located along a "street" at Rubh' an Aiseig (English: "ferry headland") in the north west at some point, probably in the early 19th century. It has been uninhabited since about 1850. There is a tidal inlet here that may have been an effective fish-trap.[1][2]
The name may be from the Old Norse for "house island" > or possibly a mixture of the Gaelic bhuidhe, meaning "yellow" and the Norse øy meaning "island".[1]
Fuiay is one of several uninhabited islands off the northeast coast of Barra and other islands in the vicinity include Orosay, Fuday and Gighay. The sea to the north west is peppered with small islets and skerries but there is an anchorage to the north of Rubh' an Aiseig sheltered by the islets of Sgeirislum to the west and Eilean Sheumais to the east.[1] Garbh Lingeigh is a larger islet further to the north in the Sound of Hellisay.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
- ↑ "Overview of Fuiay". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1915.html. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
| The islands of the Sound of Barra, Inverness-shire | ||
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Calvay • Eriskay • Fiaraidh • Flodday • Fuday • Fuiay • Gighay • Hellisay • Lingay • Orosay |
Barra | |