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class="infobox-data">Thorir's island<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The north of Torsa with visible raised beach line below the cliffs. Sgeir a' Bhodaich is at centre and Glas Eilean between there and Torsa. The heights of Dùn Crutagain on the mainland of Scotland are beyond."><img alt="The north of Torsa with visible raised beach line below the cliffs. Sgeir a' Bhodaich is at centre and Glas Eilean between there and Torsa. The heights of Dùn Crutagain on the mainland of Scotland are beyond." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG/255px-Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="255" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG/383px-Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG/510px-Torsa_Island_from_Luing_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span><br />The north of Torsa with visible <a href="/wiki/Raised_beach" title="Raised beach">raised beach</a> line below the cliffs. Sgeir a' Bhodaich is at centre and Glas Eilean between there and Torsa. The heights of Dùn Crutagain on the mainland of Scotland are beyond.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Location</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:255px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:255px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:255px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Torsa is located in Argyll and Bute"><img alt="Torsa is located in Argyll and Bute" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/255px-Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/383px-Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/510px-Argyll_and_Bute_UK_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2003" data-file-height="2077" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.75%;left:58.519%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Torsa"><img alt="Torsa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Torsa</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Torsa shown within Argyll and Bute</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Torsa&params=56.256489_N_5.614763_W_region:GB_scale:25000&title=Torsa">NM762130</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Torsa&params=56.26_N_5.62_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">56°16′N</span> <span class="longitude">5°37′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">56.26°N 5.62°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">56.26; -5.62</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Physical geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Island group</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Slate_Islands,_Scotland" title="Slate Islands, Scotland">Slate Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">113 ha (280 acres)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Area rank</th><td class="infobox-data">143 <sup id="cite_ref-RankNote_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RankNote-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">62 m (203 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute" title="Argyll and Bute">Argyll and Bute</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Sovereign state</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Scotland" title="Demographics of Scotland">Demographics</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">0<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lymphad"><img alt="Lymphad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/40px-Lymphad3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/60px-Lymphad3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="174" /></span></span></th></tr><tr style="font-size:88%"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">References</th><td class="infobox-data"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Torsa</b> (occasionally <b>Torsay</b>) is one of the <a href="/wiki/Slate_Islands,_Scotland" title="Slate Islands, Scotland">Slate Islands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute" title="Argyll and Bute">Argyll and Bute</a>, Scotland. Lying east of <a href="/wiki/Luing" title="Luing">Luing</a> and south of <a href="/wiki/Seil" title="Seil">Seil</a>, this <a href="/wiki/Tidal_island" title="Tidal island">tidal island</a> was inhabited until the 1960s. There is now only one house there, which is used for holiday lets.<sup id="cite_ref-Torsa_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torsa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The underlying bedrock is <a href="/wiki/Slate" title="Slate">slate</a> but unlike Torsa's immediate island neighbours this has never been worked commercially. The island's name is of <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Norse</a> origin but the most prominent historical structure on the island is the ruined <i>Caisteal nan Con</i> on the northeast shore, once held by <a href="/wiki/Clan_Campbell" title="Clan Campbell">Clan Campbell</a>. The abundant sea life in the waters surrounding the island are protected by the <a href="/wiki/Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_Marine_Protected_Area" title="Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area">Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Torsa lies just offshore from the east coast of Luing. A rough track leads down from the road to Ardinamir farm on Luing to a narrow strait, fordable at low water, and onto the south west corner of the island. This area is known as Torsa Beag ("Little Torsa"), which name implies a small island in its own right but it is permanently attached to the main part of Torsa by a narrow strip of land.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OS_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Torsa farmhouse, which was inhabited until the 1960s and in 2007 was a holiday let, is nearby.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Torsa_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torsa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of the island, the total area of which extends to 113 ha (280 acres),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lies above a raised beach at between 10 and 60 metres above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-OS_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a shallow anchorage at Ardinamir reached via a narrow entrance with drying rocks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no jetty on the island and holidaymakers reach it using a small <a href="/wiki/Dinghy" title="Dinghy">dinghy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Torsa_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torsa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is relatively fertile compared to its larger neighbours with good pasture for cattle and "almost its entire surface is capable of cultivation".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are various small offshore islets on the west side of Torsa including Eilean Fraoch (heather island), Glas Eilean (grey-green island) and Sgeir a' Bhodaich (old man's skerry). The peninsula that forms the northern point of Torsa is called Eilean na h-Eaglaise – island of the church.<sup id="cite_ref-OS_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of Torsa comprises the Easdale Slate formation, although it has never been extracted commercially.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are post-glacial marine deposits all around the raised beach that encircles the middle of the island. Torsa Beag has been formed from a <a href="/wiki/Neoproterozoic" title="Neoproterozoic">Neoproterozoic</a> <a href="/wiki/Metamorphism" title="Metamorphism">metamorphic</a> intrusion.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Torsa,<sup id="cite_ref-OS_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> archaically Torsay,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillies190662_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillies190662-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Gaelic name derived from <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a>. It means "Thorir's island" or <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> possibly "Thor's Island".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillies1906241_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillies1906241-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The names were common ones and there is an early reference to the Norse presence in the Irish records to a king of "Viking Scotland" whose heir Thórir brought an army to Ireland in 848.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEÓ_Corráin199824_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEÓ_Corráin199824-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just south of Ardinamir on Luing, overlooking Torsa, there is <i>Bàgh Lachlainn</i> – "Lachlan's Bay". The personal name <a href="/wiki/Lachlan_(name)" title="Lachlan (name)">Lachlan</a> is derived from an 11th-century term <i><a href="/wiki/Lochlann" title="Lochlann">Lochlann</a></i> indicating a person of Norse origin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHanksHardcastleHodges2006162,_405_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHanksHardcastleHodges2006162,_405-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From about the 6th to the 8th century AD the <a href="/wiki/Loarn_mac_Eirc" title="Loarn mac Eirc">Cenél Loairn</a> kindred controlled what is today known as <a href="/wiki/Lorne,_Scotland" title="Lorne, Scotland">Lorn</a>, which region includes the Slate Islands, in the then kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Dalriada" class="mw-redirect" title="Dalriada">Dalriada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFraser2009245–46,_250_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFraser2009245–46,_250-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the late 8th century the area was a zone of conflict between the Celtic rulers of mainland Argyll<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWoolf200794–95_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWoolf200794–95-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the newly arrived <a href="/wiki/Norsemen" title="Norsemen">Norse</a> settlers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWoolf200757_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWoolf200757-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although there are few written references to the Slate Islands for this period the influence of the Norse language on placenames suggests that these islands then became part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Isles" title="Kingdom of the Isles">Kingdom of the Isles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacDougall" title="Clan MacDougall">Clan MacDougall</a> were an important force in the area responsible for their mainland territories to the Scots crown, but to the Kings of Norway for their island territories until the 1266 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Perth" title="Treaty of Perth">Treaty of Perth</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a> were yielded to the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarrett2008411_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarrett2008411-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunter2000106–11_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunter2000106–11-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caisteal_Nan_Con,_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con,_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg/250px-Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg/330px-Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg/500px-Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Caisteal_Nan_Con%2C_Torsa_Geograph-3465673-by-Mark-Goddard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1068" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of <i>Caisteal nan Con</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Caisteal nan Con</i> – the Dogs' Castle – is a ruined <a href="/wiki/Tower_house" title="Tower house">tower house</a> that occupied a rocky eminence on the NE shore of the island. During the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_Late_Middle_Ages" title="Scotland in the Late Middle Ages">late Middle Ages</a> it was held by <a href="/wiki/Clan_Campbell" title="Clan Campbell">Clan Campbell</a> and then by the <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacDougall" title="Clan MacDougall">MacDougalls</a> of Rarey at a later date, then finally <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacLean" class="mw-redirect" title="Clan MacLean">Clan MacLean</a>. It occupies a fine defensive position built on a sheer rocky outcrop overlooking the sea on three sides. The rock platform was enclosed by the oblong tower which measured about 13.7 metres by 8.8 metres and the lower, seaward portion by a <a href="/wiki/Bailey_(castle)" title="Bailey (castle)">bailey</a> which included a small circular tower. In the 1970s <a href="/wiki/RCAHMS" class="mw-redirect" title="RCAHMS">RCAHMS</a> reported that "all the buildings are very ruinous and much overgrown with turf, but considerable portions of the external wall faces of the tower-house and bailey survive."<sup id="cite_ref-Canmore_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canmore-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small rocky inlet 75 metres north east of the ruins may have been used a boat landing.<sup id="cite_ref-Canmore_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canmore-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoventry200888_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoventry200888-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name suggests it may have been used as a <a href="/wiki/Jagdschloss" title="Jagdschloss">hunting lodge</a>, although Torsa itself is too small to have provided much sport of this nature.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoventry2008388_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoventry2008388-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is more likely that this name is derived from a <a href="/wiki/Byname" class="mw-redirect" title="Byname">byname</a> used of Clan MacLean by their enemies – <i>Clann Illeathain nan Con</i>, "Clan Lean of the Dogs".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the late 17th century the Dukes of Argyll were the dominant landowners in the area<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWithall20135_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWithall20135-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they began to lease land on a competitive basis rather than as the traditional means of strengthening the welfare of their senior clansmen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDuncan2006156_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDuncan2006156-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neighbouring Seil, Luing and Shuna were subject to significant <a href="/wiki/Highland_clearances" class="mw-redirect" title="Highland clearances">clearances</a> of the indigenous population by Clan Campbell as early as 1699 and it is highly likely that Torsa suffered the same fate.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Slate Islands then became part of the Netherlorn estates of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Breadalbane_and_Holland" title="Earl of Breadalbane and Holland">Breadalbane</a> family, a branch of Clan Campbell, whose affairs were directed from Ardmaddy Castle on the mainland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWithall20135_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWithall20135-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg/220px-Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg/330px-Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg/440px-Ardmaddy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_386035.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardmaddy_Castle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ardmaddy Castle (page does not exist)">Ardmaddy Castle</a> on mainland Scotland, seat of the government of Nether Lorn under the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Breadalbane_and_Holland" title="Earl of Breadalbane and Holland">Breadalbane</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWithall20135_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWithall20135-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>At the beginning of the 19th century there were eleven families living on the island who made use of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Run_rig" title="Run rig">run rig</a> system of cultivation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-19th century the population was recorded as 9, 5 females and 4 males<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOffice_for_National_Statistics1862xlvii_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOffice_for_National_Statistics1862xlvii-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by 1909 the island had a single farm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillies1909Chapter_IV_–_The_Slate_Islands:_Luing,_Torsa,_Shuna-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1961 census was the last record of any permanent inhabitation with a single resident living there at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOffice_for_National_Statistics196422_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOffice_for_National_Statistics196422-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200472-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 20th century most of the Breadalbane land on the Slate islands was sold off as smaller farms and individual houses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWithall2013viii_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWithall2013viii-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Torsa was sold off to another family in 2024.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2024, a controversial UK-based Muslim preacher, <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Al-Habib" title="Yasser Al-Habib">Sheikh Yasser al-Habib</a>, attempted to buy the island to establish a Sharia-based state but was refused by the owner. Al-Habib had raised £3 million from followers for the purchase, intending to build a school, hospital, and mosque and is accused of using the island for more malicious deeds. In response, <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Robinson" title="Calvin Robinson">Calvin Robinson</a>, a Christian commentator, launched a campaign to buy the island for a Christian monastery and retreat; aiming to create a space for Christians to reconnect with their faith and resist competing ideologies.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1928 a stone <a href="/wiki/Spindle_whorl" title="Spindle whorl">spindle whorl</a> of unknown date was found on the central plateau of the island.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, the island was sold. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wildlife">Wildlife</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wildlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png/250px-Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png/330px-Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png/500px-Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_MPA.png 2x" data-file-width="663" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_Marine_Protected_Area" title="Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area">Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Cervus_elaphus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervus elaphus">Red deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roe_deer" title="Roe deer">roe deer</a> and foxes can be found on the island and otters and seals can sometimes be seen along the shoreline. Various boat trips operate locally offering visitors the opportunity to see <a href="/wiki/Cetacean" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetacean">cetaceans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basking_shark" title="Basking shark">basking sharks</a>. The island lies near the eastern edge of the Firth of Lorn Marine <a href="/wiki/Special_Area_of_Conservation" title="Special Area of Conservation">Special Area of Conservation</a><sup id="cite_ref-Torsa_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torsa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the waters surrounding all the Slate Islands are part of the <a href="/wiki/Loch_Sunart_to_the_Sound_of_Jura_Marine_Protected_Area" title="Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area">Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luing_cattle" title="Luing cattle">Luing cattle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Scotland" title="Scandinavian Scotland">Scandinavian Scotland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the ninth century, the terms <i><a href="/wiki/Laithlinn" class="mw-redirect" title="Laithlinn">Laithlinn</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Laithlind" class="mw-redirect" title="Laithlind">Laithlind</a></i> (etc.), appear in historical sources as terms denoting the origin of <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> active in Ireland. The exact meaning behind these terms is uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDownham200715_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDownham200715-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWoolf200771footnote_6_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWoolf200771footnote_6-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEtchingham200711–31_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEtchingham200711–31-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What is clear, however, is that the terms <i><a href="/wiki/Lochlann" title="Lochlann">Lochlann</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Lochlainn" class="mw-redirect" title="Lochlainn">Lochlainn</a></i> (etc.) came to replace these earlier terms; and that, by the eleventh century, <i>Lochlann</i> / <i>Lochlainn</i> certainly referred to <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> in historical sources. Whether the terms <i>Lochlann</i> / <i>Lochlainn</i> were originally related to <i>Laithlinn</i> / <i>Laithlind</i>, or merely <a href="/wiki/Conflated" class="mw-redirect" title="Conflated">conflated</a> with them, is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDownham200715_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDownham200715-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEtchingham200711–31_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEtchingham200711–31-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Richards (2012) "there was an early mass eviction of tenants from the islands of Shuna, Luing, Torosay and Seil".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichards20123.VI_The_Pastoral_Problem_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichards20123.VI_The_Pastoral_Problem-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A very similar statement is made in an earlier publication by Duncan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDuncan2006156_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDuncan2006156-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, although there is a parish of Torosay on <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Mull" title="Isle of Mull">Mull</a> this is MacLean territory and there is no Scottish island called "Torosay". It therefore seems likely that the statement should refer to Shuna, Luing, Torsa and Seil.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torsa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMac_an_Tàilleir2003113_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMac_an_Tàilleir2003">Mac an Tàilleir (2003)</a>, p. 113.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaswell-Smith200430_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHaswell-Smith2004">Haswell-Smith (2004)</a>, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RankNote-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RankNote_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Area and population ranks: there are <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 300</span> islands over 20 ha in extent and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Scottish_Islands/Populated_Islands#Inhabited_islands" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands/Populated Islands">93 permanently inhabited islands</a> were listed in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_census,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom census, 2011">2011 census</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NRS-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NRS_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNational_Records_of_Scotland2013" class="citation report cs1"><a href="/wiki/National_Records_of_Scotland" title="National Records of Scotland">National Records of Scotland</a> (15 August 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release1c/rel1c2sb.pdf">"Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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