Eilean Trodday

Eilean Trodday
Scottish Gaelic nameEilean Trodday
Meaning of nameisland of the trolls
Location
Eilean Trodday is located in Highland
Eilean Trodday
Eilean Trodday
Eilean Trodday shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid referenceNG440789
Coordinates57°43′37″N 6°18′00″W / 57.727°N 6.300°W / 57.727; -6.300
Physical geography
Island groupSkye
Area38 ha[1]
Highest elevation45 m[2]
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad

Eilean Trodday is an island in The Minch just off the north coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.[2][3]

Eilean Trodday

Eilean Trodday is about 38 hectares (94 acres) in extent and the coastline has various caves and stacks. The island was inhabited in the past and there are the ruins of a small chapel, which may have been dedicated to St. Columba.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  3. ^ "Trodday, Eilean". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. ^ "HEBRIDES: H5. Pabay (Strath, Skye)" Papar Project. Retrieved 6 December 2009. This source is quoting Nicolson, A. (1930) History of Skye. A Record of the Families, the Social Conditions and the Literature of the Island. ed. A. Maclean. Portree, Isle of Skye; Maclean Press. The authors of the Papar Project add: "How much weight can be placed on these dedications and the potential affiliations is unclear".
  5. ^ Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 174-75