Garbh Eileach
| Scottish Gaelic name | Garbh Eileach |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | rough rock[1] |
| Location | |
  Garbh Eileach Garbh Eileach shown within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NM665115 |
| Coordinates | 56°14′N 5°46′W / 56.24°N 5.77°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Garvellachs |
| Area | 142 hectares (0.55 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 127= [2] |
| Highest elevation | 110 m |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
 | |
| References | [3][4][5] |
Garbh Eileach is an uninhabited island in the
.The name is Gaelic for "rough rock".[1] The Anglicised version of the name gives the whole group of islands its name, the Garvellachs.
There is a small ruined fort above a bay on the eastern coast.[6]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 53
- 2011 census.
- ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ Pallister, Marian (2005) Lost Argyll: Argyll's Lost Heritage. Edinburgh. Birlinn. Page 133.
References
- Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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