Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eriskay

Eriskay, island (3 miles by 1½ mile), off S. coast of South Uist island, Outer Hebrides, pop. 466; was the first landing-place of Prince Charles Stuart.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Inverness Shire County
Place: Eriska

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