The name is Norse in origin and possibly means fruit.[6]
Geography
Oldany Island is a large tidal island at the southwestern entrance to Eddrachillis Bay/Kylesku. It has an area of 200 hectares (500 acres) and its highest point is Sìdhean nan Ealachan (The Swans' Fairy Mound) at 104 metres (341 ft).[1]Handa Island is to the north, across Eddrachillis Bay; Eilean Chrona is to the south west and Sgeir nan Gall (Norsemen's Skerry) is to the north. The island is part of the Assynt-CoigachNational Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[7]
The settlement of Oldany is on the adjacent mainland. The island has long been used for grazing sheep. Oldany island is owned by the Turner family.[8]
View of Oldany Island from Culkein Drumbeg (mainland), showing many of the islets to the island's east.
Oldany Island on the right, seen from the mainland (left)
Notes and references
^ abc"Overview of Oldany". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
^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.
^Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
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