Eilean Meadhonach is the second largest of the
Crowlin Islands
The Crowlin Islands () are a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. They lie between Skye and the Applecross peninsula on the mainland.
The individual islands are:
* Eilean Mòr (big island)
*Eilean Meadhonach (middle ...
, located in the
Inner Sound off the island of
Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...
, Scotland.
![Crowlin Harbour - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Crowlin_Harbour_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1242147.jpg)
It is situated immediately to the west of
Eilean Mòr, and to the north is Eilean Beag, both of which it is connected to at low tide.
[Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 160] The total area is
[Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland]
(pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011. although Haswell-Smith also provides a figure of for the area.[ The larger figure may include Eilean Beag and the lower one Eilean Meadhonach alone at high tide.
Crowlin Harbour is at the northern end of the gap between Eilean Meadhonach and Eilean Mòr and provides a natural shelter from westerly and southerly winds. It is also possible to anchor in a small pool at the centre of this strait.][
Excavations on Eilean Mòr have shown evidence of ]Mesolithic
The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...
human settlement[ and there are the remains of a ]midden
A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofact ...
and rock shelter on the north west coast of Eilean Meadhonach."Eilean Meadhonach"
Canmore. Retrieved 31 Dec 2011. Eilean Mòr has ruined cottages from historic times although there is no evidence of permanent recent habitation on Eilean Meadhonach.[ Eilean Beag has a light beacon and the remains of an old ]shieling
A shieling is a hut or collection of huts on a seasonal pasture high in the hills, once common in wild or sparsely populated places in Scotland. Usually rectangular with a doorway on the south side and few or no windows, they were often cons ...
.[
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Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area)
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