Eilean na Cille

Eilean na Cille
Scottish Gaelic name	Eilean na Cille
Meaning of name	church island
	; Eilean na Cille (at right), Triallabreac and Wiay from the air
Location
	Eilean na Cille Eilean na Cille shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference	NF846459
Coordinates	57.39°N 7.25°W
Physical geography
Island group	Uist and Barra
Area	16 hectares (40 acres)[1]
Highest elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
References	[2][3]

Eilean na Cille, south east of Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides connected to Grimsay (South) by a causeway which carries the B891. The road was built to service the pier at Peter's Port, which was constructed in 1896 at cost of £2,000 – although the anchorage is awkward and should not be used without local knowledge.[4]

Eilean na Cille is "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses".[5]

Notes

Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 243
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.

References

Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

57°23.4′N 7°15.5′W

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[Rick-1] Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.

[2] Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.

[3] Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[4] Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 243

[NRS-5] 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.