Fuday
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| Location: | 57°2’60"N, 7°23’24"W |
| Grid reference: | NF732083 |
| Area: | 573 acres |
| Highest point: | Mullach Neacail, 292 feet |
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| Population: | uninhabited since 1901 |
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Fuday is an uninhabited island of 573 acres and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, which lies between the isles of Barra and South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, and within Inverness-shire.
The island lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Crown.[1] Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.
Fuday is uninhabited, but it is still used for the summer grazing. Cattle used to be swum across the shallow one-mile strait from Eoligarry on Barra, the Caolas Fuideach ('Kyles of Fuday').
When cattle were first introduced to the island, they were killed by dehydration: the crofters left the beasts on the island but failed to show them the location of the only drinkable source of water on the island, a loch far inland on the island, and the cattle deprived on drinking water died of thirst.
References
- ↑ "Overview of Fuday". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst7816.html. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
| The islands of the Sound of Barra, Inverness-shire | ||
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Calvay • Eriskay • Fiaraidh • Flodday • Fuday • Fuiay • Gighay • Hellisay • Lingay • Orosay |
Barra | |