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  2. Monach Islands - Wikipedia

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    Shillay is the location of Monach Lighthouse, built by David and Thomas Stevenson in 1864. The lighthouse was closed in 1942 but, following the sinking of the oil tanker MV Braer in 1993, a new and much smaller lighthouse was built in 1997. This had a range of 10 nautical miles (19 kilometres); when a range of 18 nautical miles (33 kilometres ...

  3. Shillay, Monach Islands - Wikipedia

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    A stone from the lighthouse has been removed into the church wall at Paible; a keeper had carved into it "Eternity Oh Eternity". [2] Just to the south of Shillay, there is an Eilean Siorraidh ("Island of Eternity"; formerly Eilean Siorruidh) - whether this carving is a reference to this or the solitude of the island is unrecorded.

  4. List of Outer Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    The islet on which Kisimul Castle stands is the ancient seat of Clan MacNeil and Shillay in the Monach Isles had a staffed lighthouse until 1942. [28] The tiny Beasts of Holm of the east coast of Lewis were the site of the sinking of the Iolaire during the first few hours of 1919, [ 29 ] one of the worst maritime disasters in United Kingdom ...

  5. Ceann Iar - Wikipedia

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    Ceann Iar (Gaelic "Western Headland") is one of the Monach Isles/Heisgeir, to the west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. It is a slender island, approximately a mile, or two kilometres long. It is a slender island, approximately a mile, or two kilometres long.

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  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Scottish Islands/Monro's Hebrides

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    Monach Isles: C "ane ile four myle and haff myle braid". Haskeir Eagach south west of Haskeir hardly fits this description, but the Monach Isles also known as Heisker (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Heisgeir / Heisgeir fit the description. The second part looks like na gaillinn "of the storm" or na cailin of the lass". [Note 1] 157 Haysker

  8. Ceann Ear - Wikipedia

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    Ceann Ear had been settled for at least a thousand years, before being finally abandoned. Like the other Monach Islands, it was originally abandoned due to overgrazing, and resettled in the wake of the Highland Clearances. [4] In the 13th century, a chapel was established, which had links to Iona. This monastery was probably at Cladh na Beide ...

  9. Sea of the Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    The Sea of the Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Barrach, pronounced [ən̪ˠ ˈkʰuan ˈparˠəx]) [1] is a small and partly sheltered section of the North Atlantic Ocean, indirectly off the southern part of the north-west coast of Scotland.