geo.wikisort.org - IslandSeanna Chnoc (English: "old hill"), correctly known as Seana Bheinn[2][3] is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland. It lies north west of Great Bernera and Bearasaigh.
Seanna ChnocScottish Gaelic name | Flodaigh |
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Old Norse name | Flot-ay |
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Meaning of name | raft island |
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Seana Chnoc (at left) and Bearasaigh from the south west. Stac nam Balg is just visible to the left of Seanna Chnoc |
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Seanna Chnoc shown within the Outer Hebrides |
OS grid reference | NB116413 |
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Coordinates | 58.27°N 6.91°W / 58.27; -6.91 |
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Island group | Outer Hebrides |
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Area | <10 ha |
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Highest elevation | 91 metres (299 ft)[1] |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Country | Scotland |
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Council area | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
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Stac nam Balg lies offshore to the north and there is a cave in the north west of the island.[1]
There is no regular access to the island although boat excursions are available locally.[4]
The correct name for the island is Seanna Bheinn and this is the name that has always been in local use by the local population although it is highly likely an earlier Norse name was used. The name Seanna Chnoc was introduced by the Ordnance Survey through the advice of linguistic academics but is unfortunately incorrect. The island appears to have been called Garvilan in the early 19th century which is an English corruption of Garbh Eilean meaning an inhospitable island[5] and in 1549, Dean Monro wrote: "Besides the coist of Leozus towards the said north-west lyis ane Ile callit Garvellan, gude for store and fishing, perteining to Mccloyd of Leozus".[6]
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Islands in Loch Ròg, Outer Hebrides |
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Historical sites |
- Callanish Stones
- Clach an Trushal and Steinacleit
- Dun Carloway
- Dùn Èistean
- Lews Castle
- St Clement's Church
- Teampall Mholuaidh
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Northern Isles | |
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Hebrides | |
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Prehistory |
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Prehistoric Orkney |
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site:
- Maeshowe
- Ness of Brodgar
- Ring of Brodgar
- Skara Brae
- Standing Stones of Stenness
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Prehistoric Shetland |
- Crucible of Iron Age Shetland:
- Broch of Mousa
- Jarlshof
- Old Scatness
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Prehistoric Western Isles | |
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History |
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Dál Riata | |
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Kingdom of the Isles |
- Scandinavian Scotland
- Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
- Bishop of the Isles
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Lordship of the Isles |
- Treaty of Perth
- Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster
- Finlaggan
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Earldom of Orkney |
- Buckquoy spindle-whorl
- Udal law
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18th and 19th Century |
- Clearances
- Jacobite risings
- Flora MacDonald
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Literature |
- Orkneyinga Saga
- Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Monro)
- A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Martin)
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Johnson)
- The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Boswell)
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Culture |
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Orkney | |
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Outer Hebrides | |
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Inner Hebrides | |
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Politics |
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Local authorities |
- Shetland Islands Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Highland Council
- Argyll and Bute
- North Ayrshire
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Wildlife |
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Fauna |
- Fair Isle wren
- Orkney vole
- Shetland wren
- St Kilda field mouse
- St Kilda wren
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Flora |
- Arran whitebeams
- Scottish Primrose
- Shetland Mouse-ear
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Domesticated animals |
- Cairn Terrier
- Eriskay Pony
- Hebridean Blackface
- Luing cattle
- North Ronaldsay sheep
- Scottie
- Sheltie
- Shetland cattle
- Shetland Goose
- Shetland pony
- Shetland sheep
- Soay sheep
- Westie
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Geology |
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Shetland | |
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Geology of Orkney |
- Eday Group
- Orcadian Basin
- Yesnaby Sandstone Group
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Hebrides |
- Colonsay Group
- Great Estuarine Group
- Hebridean Terrane
- Lewisian complex
- Lorne plateau lavas
- Moine Supergroup
- Moine Thrust Belt
- Mull
- Rhinns complex
- Skye
- Staffa
- Torridonian
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На других языках
[de] Seanna Chnoc
Seanna Chnoc, englisch: Old Hill, ist eine schottische Insel der Äußeren Hebriden.[1] Sie liegt in der gleichnamigen Council Area und war historisch Teil der traditionellen Grafschaft Ross-shire beziehungsweise der Verwaltungsgrafschaft Ross and Cromarty.
- [en] Seanna Chnoc
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