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Scarba (Scottish Gaelic: Sgarba) is an island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura. The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1960s. The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1960s.
On 11 August 2022, Finlay MacDonald was charged with the murder of his brother-in-law John McKinnon and the attempted murders of three others. [6] [8] It was confirmed that his 32-year-old wife Rowena McDonald and 63-year-old chiropractor John Donald MacKenzie were still in hospital with serious injuries, but that MacKenzie's 63-year-old wife Fay had been released.
"In process of time the name was by an easy transition changed from 'Short' to 'Small' Isles." [6] The islands are not especially small, [5] with Rùm being the 15th largest in Scotland. The Gaelic name of Na h-Eileanan Tarsainn translates as "cross isles", referring to the islands' position between Morar and Uist. [2]
A tiny Scottish island is experiencing "the crime of the century" -- not because of the the severity of the crime, but because there hasn't been a crime in half a century. On Friday, thieves broke ...
Gruinard Island (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ n j ər d / GRIN-yərd; [6] Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately two kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles) long by one kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. [7]
Note 7] The island-wide population increase of 4 percent between 1991 and 2001 occurred against the background of an overall reduction in Scottish island populations of 3 percent for the same period. [13] By 2011 the population had risen a further 8.4% to 10,008 [6] with Scottish island populations as a whole growing by 4% to 103,702. [109]
An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy beaches, puffins galore, seven houses, a pub, a helipad and a flock of black-faced sheep.
Scotland is known for its lush, beautiful landscapes, rich history, majestic castles and deep lakes (with possibly mythical lake monsters). What Scotland isn't known for is inspiring a lot of baby ...