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Some 94 Scottish islands are permanently inhabited, of which 89 are offshore islands. Between 2001 and 2011, Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. [3] The geology and geomorphology of the islands is varied. Some, such as Skye and Mull, are mountainous, while others like Tiree and Sanday are relatively low-lying.
Last of the Free: A History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 1-84018-376-4. Jennings, Andrew, and Kruse, Arne, "One Coast – Three Peoples: Names and Ethnicity in the Scottish West during the Early Viking period" in Woolf, Alex, ed. (2009). Scandinavian Scotland – Twenty Years After. St Andrews: St ...
Mugdrum seen from Newburgh Soay, St Kilda, the westernmost island of Scotland (excluding Rockall, the status of which is a matter of dispute) Winter waves breaking over Rockall in 1943 Sula Sgeir The westernmost of the Flannan Isles: Eilean a' Ghobha and Roareim with Brona Cleit in the distance The Rabbit Islands Stac an Armin with Boreray to the left and Stac Lee beyond at right Stac Levenish ...
There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland.These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements.
The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7. Hunter, James (2000) Last of the Free: A History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Edinburgh. Mainstream. ISBN 1-84018-376-4; Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London. HarperCollins. Lynch, Michael (ed) (2007) Oxford Companion to Scottish ...
The preserved ruins of a wheelhouse and broch at Jarlshof, described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles". [1]Due to building in stone on virtually treeless islands—a practice dating to at least the early Neolithic Period—Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric era, and there are over 5,000 archaeological sites. [2]
These islands are some 180 kilometres (110 mi) west of Orkney. [5] The Inner Hebrides including Skye, Islay, Jura, Mull and Iona. The islands of the Firth of Clyde some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the south, the largest of which are Bute and Arran. [5] The Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea equidistantly from modern England, Ireland, Scotland ...
The islands of Scotland's west coast are known collectively as the Hebrides; ... Last of the Free: A History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Edinburgh. ...