Eorsa

Eorsa

Infobox Scottish island |


latitude=56.47
longitude=-6.08
GridReference=NM481378
celtic name=
norse name=
meaning of name= uncertain "Jorulof-øy" - Jorulf's island or from "àrsaidh" - ancient
area=122 ha (½ sq. mile)
area rank= 137=
highest elevation= 98 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Mull
local authority=Argyll and Bute
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ]

Eorsa is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

Geography

It lies in Loch na Keal on the west coast of the Isle of Mull, to the east of Ulva.

History

Many of the nearby islands, including Inchkenneth, have early ecclesiastical connections. Eorsa may have done too. It once belonged to the Abbey of Iona, and became the property of the Duke of Argyll. [cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurehistory7923.html| title=Historical perspective for Eorsa| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2007-12-15]

During World War I, the island was used as a British naval anchorage. [cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7923.html| title=Overview of Eorsa| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2007-12-15]

Cultural references

The island is the fictional setting of Nigel Tranter's 1952 novel "Bridal Path", which was made into film of the same name in 1959. As the comic novel takes the perils of island inbreeding as its theme, it is assumed that Tranter deliberately chose an unpopulated island to avoid giving offence.

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