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Boreray And The Stacs
Boreray may refer to: An island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland: *Boreray, North Uist *Boreray, St Kilda Boreray ( gd, Boraraigh; sco, Boreray) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago in the North Atlantic. Geography Boreray lies about west-northwest of North Uist. It covers about , and reaches a height of at Mullach an Eilein. ... A domesticated animal: * Boreray sheep {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boreray, North Uist
Boreray ( gd, Boraraigh) is an island with a single croft, lying north of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography The north of the island is hilly and dominated by Mullach Mòr. The single croft and buildings are situated in the north-east of the island. The north is largely separated from the flatter southern half by Loch Mòr (big loch) and a strip of sand dunes. History The island was occupied from prehistoric times. From the fifteenth century, it was owned by the MacLeans ''Maclean's'', founded in 1905, is a Canadian news magazine reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events. Its founder, publisher John Bayne Maclean, established the magazine to provide a uniquely Canadian perspe .... The thirteenth MacLean of Boreray left the island in around 1810, and the island was divided into twenty crofts. The population grew quickly, and 181 inhabitants were recorded in the 1841 census. Through the 19th century there were over 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boreray, St Kilda
Boreray ( gd, Boraraigh; sco, Boreray) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago in the North Atlantic. Geography Boreray lies about west-northwest of North Uist. It covers about , and reaches a height of at Mullach an Eilein. Boreray is formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites. There are two sea stacks, vertical pillars of rock, just off Boreray. Stac An Armin, to the north, is the taller at high, while Stac Lee, 600 m (660 yards) to the west, is high. Boreray is the smallest of the Scottish islands to have a summit over . History Boreray has the ''Cleitean MacPhàidein'', a "cleit village" of three small bothies used regularly during fowling expeditions from Hirta.Maclean (1977) page 28. As a result of a smallpox outbreak on Hirta in 1727, three men and eight boys were marooned on Stac an Armin off the coast of Boreray until the following May. There are also ruins of ''Taigh Stallar'' (the steward's house). The local tradition was tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
