Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands/Monro's Hebrides

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The following draft is now in mainspace as Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. This page is retained as a reference as it contains ye "original research", the use of which is restricted by the powers to quolm Wikipedia is pertained.

Your most obedient servant,

Ben MacDui 20:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the tables a linked "WP Name" is given where possible. The others are Ordnance Survey names.

Likelihood that Monro's island has been identified:

A - Certain

B - Probable

C - Possible

S - Sheer Speculation

U - Unknown

Quotes are Monro unless otherwise noted. The 1774 Auld version was used as a basis for this project page, and various sections are missing from this that are retained in the Sibbald MS, which is the basis of the mainspace article.

R. W. Munro (1961) states that "of the 251 islands listed by Monro, I have been unable to identify 27, and a further 23 cannot be regarded as certain". The modern names of the islands he believes he has identified are listed in the index in alphabetical order, making coordination with the numerical list tiresome.

Referencing

The following is an example of a mainspace entry for Muck:

In 1549, Dean Monro wrote: "Be ane haffe myle of sea to this ile, lyes ane ile of twa myle lang, callit in Erische Ellannaneche, that is the Swynes ile, and very fertill and fruitful of cornes and grassing for all store, and verey guid for fishing, inhabit and manurit, a good falcon nest in it. It perteynis to the Bishope of the iles, with ane guid heighland haven in it, the entrey quherof is at the west cheik".^[1]

The reference appears in the footnote section as: Monro (1549) "Swynes Ile" no. 102

and the Template:Monro provides the reference of: Monro, Sir Donald (1549) Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. William Auld. Edinburgh - 1774 edition.