Fuday
Sign in to saveleft|thumb|An Caolas Fuideach Fuday (Scottish Gaelic: Fùideigh) is an uninhabited island of about and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government. Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.caption
- Fuday shown within the Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NF736082
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Fùideigh
- Scottish island.area rank
- 101
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Mullach Neacail,
- Scottish island.Population
- uninhabited since 1901
- Scottish island.island group
- Uists and Barra
- Scottish island.local authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Outer Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Outer Hebrides
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Isle of Fuday-Fuideigh - geograph.org.uk - 1362071.jpg
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- P7959
- Inverness-shire
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left|thumb|An Caolas Fuideach Fuday (Scottish Gaelic: Fùideigh) is an uninhabited island of about and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government. Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.
It is still used for the summer grazing of cattle, and they used to be swum across the , but shallow, Caolas Fuideach (strait) to there from Eoligarry. When cattle were first introduced to the island, they were killed by dehydration. The crofters who left the cattle on the island failed to show the animals the location of the only drinkable source of water on the island, a loch far inland on the island. The cattle thus could not find drinking water and died of thirst.