Fuday
Na h-Eileanan Siar | |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited since 1901 |
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| References | [2][3] |
Fuday (
conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
.
It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government.[4] Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.
It is still used for the summer grazing of cattle, and they used to be swum across the 1-mile-wide (2-kilometre), but shallow, Caolas Fuideach (strait) to there from Eoligarry. When cattle were first introduced to the island, they were killed by dehydration. The crofters who left the cattle on the island failed to show the animals the location of the only drinkable source of water on the island, a loch far inland on the island. The cattle thus could not find drinking water and died of thirst.[citation needed]
Notes and references
- 2011 census.
- ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ "Overview of Fuday". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
57°03′N 7°23′W / 57.050°N 7.383°W
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