Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore".Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree.Ordnance Survey. Landranger (1:50000) Series. Sheet 19: Gairloch and Ullapool. The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a national nature reserve.
History Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure, similar to a Scandinavian dùn or burgh. The ancestors of the Mackenzies of Gairloch held it as a place of security from the attacks of the Macleods.
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