Eilean Rìgh
Scottish Gaelic name | Eilean Rìgh |
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Meaning of name | King's Island |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NM801018 |
Coordinates | 56°10′N 5°32′W / 56.16°N 5.54°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Islay |
Area | 86 ha (11⁄32 sq mi) |
Area rank | 155= [1] |
Highest elevation | Dùn Righ, 55 metres (180') |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Argyll and Bute |
Demographics | |
Population | 2 |
References | [2][3][4] |
Eilean Rìgh is an island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Craignish, about 300 metres (1⁄8 mile) off the Argyll coastline. The name is Gaelic for "King's Island", although which royal is not known.
History
The island has the remains of two Iron Age forts.[5]
In the 1930s, the island was home to
The property was purchased by a retired Indian army officer, Major Campbell, who lived in it with his family until the outbreak of the
The current owner is a Scottish-based ex-financier, Christian Siva-Jothy, who bought the island from Viscount Chewton in 1998. He substantially renovated the properties on it, installing mains electrics via an undersea power cable, a new fresh water well and telecoms via a microwave link. The island was for sale from 2013 for over a year but was taken off the market early in 2015 when Siva-Jothy sold his estate in the north of Scotland and moved back to live permanently on Eilean Righ. Siva-Jothy and his wife—who studied Mandarin at
Footnotes
- 2011 census.
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ a b "Overview of Eilean Righ". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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56°9′30″N 5°32′28″W / 56.15833°N 5.54111°W