Coordinates: | 57.74°N -7.08°W |
Location Map: | Scotland Outer Hebrides |
Caption: | Killegray shown within the Outer Hebrides |
Gridreference: | NF976836 |
Celtic Name: | Ceileagraigh |
Norse Name: | kjallard-øy |
Meaning Of Name: | Old Norse graveyard island |
Area: | 176frac=16NaNfrac=16 |
Area Rank: | 117 |
Highest Elevation: | 450NaN0 |
Population: | 0 |
Island Group: | Outer Hebrides |
Local Authority: | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
Killegray is an island in the Sound of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Situated in the Sound of Harris, a channel of water between North Uist and the Isle of Harris, Killegray is approximately NaNround=0.5NaNround=0.5 long.
The south end of the island is nearly all deep uncultivated moss. There is better cultivated land at the north.[1]
Rubha Claidhe in the north is the site of a ruined chapel, Teampull na h-Annait, which may be the origin of the island's name.
Currently uninhabited, the island was occupied by a family of around three to five people from 1861 to 1931. Two people were temporarily living on the island when the 1971 census was taken.
The 19th-century Killegray House, the only house on the island was renovated as holiday accommodation in 1991.[1]
The shallow waters and reefs are a rich breeding ground for velvet crabs and lobsters.
Jacobs Babtie has investigated building a combination of bridges and causeways across the Sound of Harris.[2] Wind turbines and tidal generators could be incorporated in the scheme from Berneray via Killegray and Ensay to Harris.[3] The estimated cost of £75 million could rise to £145 million with the renewable energy devices.