Eilean na Cille explained

Coordinates:57.39°N -7.25°W
Location Map:Scotland Outer Hebrides
Official Name:Eilean na Cille
Gridreference:NF846459
Celtic Name:Eilean na Cille
Meaning Of Name:church island
Area:[1]
Highest Elevation:200NaN0
Local Authority:Na h-Eileanan Siar

Eilean na Cille, south east of Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides connected to Grimsay (South) by a causeway which carries the B891. The road was built to service the pier at Peter's Port, which was constructed in 1896 at cost of £2,000 – although the anchorage is awkward and should not be used without local knowledge.[2]

Eilean na Cille is "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses".

References

57.39°N -22.5°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk/Scottish%20Islands.pdf Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland
  2. Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 243