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Fuiay

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304: 58: 1163: 821: 234: 65: 350:. The sea to the north west is peppered with small islets and skerries but there is an anchorage to the north of Rubh' an Aiseig sheltered by the islets of Sgeirislum to the west and Eilean Sheumais to the east. Garbh Lingeigh is a larger islet further to the north in the Sound of Hellisay. 315:
The island had six households located along a "street" at Rubh' an Aiseig (English: "ferry headland") in the north west at some point, probably in the early 19th century. It has been uninhabited since about 1850. There is a tidal inlet here that may have been an effective fish-trap.
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The headland of Rubha na Maighdein, Fuiay, on the left and the island of
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Fuiay is one of several uninhabited islands off the northeast coast of
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for "house island" or possibly a mixture of the Gaelic
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Scottish Gaelic
Fuiay is located in Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference
NF740022
Coordinates
57°00′N 7°22′W / 57.0°N 7.37°W / 57.0; -7.37
Outer Hebrides
Council area
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Country
Scotland
United Kingdom
Demographics
Scottish Gaelic
island
Scotland
ten islands
Sound of Barra
Site of Community Importance
conservation
Outer Hebrides
Flodday
Hellisay
Barra

Flodaigh
Norse
Barra
Orosay
Fuday

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