Old Photograph Eilean nan Ròn Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen in a fishing boat by Eilean nan Ròn island near Skerray in Northern Sutherland, Scotland. Eilean nan Ròn was populated for many years, with seventy three people living there in 1881 and 30 in 1931. It has been uninhabited since 1938. The Final Evacuation List was: Christina Bella Mackay, Hector Sinclair Mackay, Jessie Ann Mackay, Willie John Mackay, Hugh Campbell Mackay, Donald Mackay, Ina Mackay, Chrissie Dolina Mackay, Christina Mackay. The ruins of settlement can be seen from the Skerray and in the waist of the island, between Mol na Coinnle, Pebble Beach of the Candles, and Mol Mòr, big pebble beach.



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