Canna, Scotland

Canna
Scottish Gaelic nameCanaigh, Eilean Chanaigh
Pronunciation[ˈkʰanaj] ,
[ˈelan ˈxanaj]
Isle of Canna, viewed from Rum
Isle of Canna, viewed from Rum
Location
Canna is located in Lochaber
Canna
Canna
Canna shown within Lochaber
OS grid referenceNG244058
Coordinates57°04′N 6°33′W / 57.06°N 6.55°W / 57.06; -6.55
Physical geography
Island groupSmall Isles
Area1,130 hectares (4.4 sq mi)
Area rank46 [1]
Highest elevationCàrn a' Ghaill 210 metres (689 ft)
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population15[2](October 2021)
Population rank67 [1]
Population density1 person/km2[3][4]
Lymphad
References[4][5]
Canna Lighthouse
Sanday
Isle of Canna Small automatic lighthouse on the eastern tip of Sanday
Map
LocationIsle of Sanday
Highland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates57°02′50″N 6°27′57″W / 57.0471°N 6.4659°W / 57.0471; -6.4659
Tower
Constructed1907
Constructionmetal tower
Height9 metres (30 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorNorthern Lighthouse Board[6]
Light
Focal height32 metres (105 ft)
Range9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 6s.

Canna (/ˈkænə/; Scottish Gaelic: Canaigh, Eilean Chanaigh) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. The island is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. The isolated skerries of Hyskeir and Humla lie 6.2 miles (10.0 km) south-west of the island.[4]

The islands were left to the National Trust for Scotland by their previous owners, the highly important Celtic studies scholars John Lorne Campbell and Margaret Fay Shaw, in 1981, and are run as a farm and conservation area. Canna House, one of two big houses on the island (the other being Tighard), contains Shaw and Campbell's important archives of Scottish Gaelic literature, folklore, and folk song materials that were donated with the islands to the nation.[4] Since then the National Trust has engaged in new initiatives to attract new residents and visitors to Canna. However, these initiatives have enjoyed only limited success, and in December 2017 it was announced that the trust would be devolving to the island community the responsibility for attracting and retaining new residents.[7]

  1. ^ a b Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. ^ Development Plan from https://www.theisleofcanna.com/ioccdt
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 143-46
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  6. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. ^ Wade, Mike (29 December 2017). "National Trust gives island of Canna's 15 residents control of their own destiny". Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.