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Eilean an Fheidh ('Deer Island') is an uninhabited island in
Located in the south channel of
Loch Moidart
Loch Moidart is a sea loch in the district of Moidart in the Scottish Highlands. It is on the west coast of Scotland, and runs about 8 km (5 miles) eastward from the sea. It is connected to the sea by two narrow channels which are separated ...
, Scotland
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Geography
Located in the south channel of Loch Moidart
Loch Moidart is a sea loch in the district of Moidart in the Scottish Highlands. It is on the west coast of Scotland, and runs about 8 km (5 miles) eastward from the sea. It is connected to the sea by two narrow channels which are separated ...
, the island rises to just beyond and has an area of approximately at the Mean high water spring
A chart datum is the water surface serving as origin (or coordinate surface) of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide heights. A chart datum is generally derived from some tidal phase, in which case it is ...
(MHWS) level. It is part of the Morar, Moidart & Ardnamurchan National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.
History
Eilean an Fheidh is an island formerly owned by the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald and the last island in Loch Moidart sold by descendents of clan founder Reginald, 4th great-grandson ofSomerled
Somerled (died 1164), known in Middle Irish as Somairle, Somhairle, and Somhairlidh, and in Old Norse as Sumarliði , was a mid-12th-century Norse-Gaelic lord who, through marital alliance and military conquest, rose in prominence to create the ...
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Eilean an Fheidh was auctioned in 2021 and later sold for over four times the asking price at £311,000. It was historically valued on the 1936-37 valuation roll at £26 together with the neighbouring island of Shona Beag.
Wildlife
As the island's name suggests, deer are frequent visitors to the island as are herons, the activities of which are being monitored as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's Heronries Census, as a site within Ordnance Survey grid reference NM6772.See also
*List of islands of Scotland
This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore island used in this list is "land that is surrounded by ...
References
{{reflist Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area) Private islands of the United Kingdom Clan MacDonald of Clanranald