Information about Boreray, St Kilda
| Mullach an Eilein | |
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) Boreray with Stac an Armin (left) and Stac Lee (right) | |
| Elevation | 384 metres (1,260 ft) |
| Location | St Kilda, Scotland |
| Prominence | 384 metres (1,260 ft) |
| Coordinates | |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 18 |
| OS grid reference | NA153053 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
| Translation | Top/upper part of the island (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Pronunciation | [Moolakh an yeilin] |
- Not to be confused with Boreray, North Uist
Boreray (Scottish Gaelic language Boraraigh) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago (British Isles, county Isle of Harris) in the North Atlantic, about 66 km (41 mi) west-north-west of North Uist. The National Trust for Scotland is the current owner. Boreray covers about 86.5 ha (35.0 acres), and reaches a height of 384 m (1,260 ft) at Mullach an Eilein. Its cliffs are home for various seabirds. In 1959, 45,000 pairs of gannets were counted on Boreray and the two stacks. There are also over 130 different varieties of flowering plant on the island.
There are two sea stacks, vertical pillars of rock, just off Boreray. Stac An Armin, (¼ mi) to the north, is the taller at 196 metres (643 ft) high, while Stac Lee, 600 m (660 yards) to the west, is 172 metres (564 ft) high.
Macauley (1764) reports the existence of five druidic altars in the islands including a large circle of stones fixed perpendicularly in the ground, by the Stallir House on Boreray.[1]
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Islands of St Kilda (Hiort) |
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| Boreray Dn Hirta Soay Stac an Armin Stac Biorach Stac Lee Stac Levenish |
Stac an Armin ( NA151064 ) or Stac an Àrmainn (the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling, formerly àrmuinn), meaning "stack of the soldier/warrior". It is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago.
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Stac Lee (Scottish Gaelic: Stac Liath, the grey stack; 172 metres, NA142049) is an island in St Kilda, Scotland that appears to be white because of gannet droppings. It is also a Marilyn.
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Scottish Island of St Kilda
Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"
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Scottish Gaelic}}}
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Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
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ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla
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Boreray (Scottish Gaelic: Boraraigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland which lies 2km north of North Uist.
The island was occupied from prehistoric times and through the 19th century there were over 100 people living there, but in 1923, the island was
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Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
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ISO 639-1: gd
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ISO 639-3: gla
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig
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Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
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ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig
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Scottish Island of St Kilda
Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Harris
Gaelic - Na Hearadh
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North Uist
Location
OS grid reference: NF835697
Names
Gaelic name: Uibhist a Tuath
Norse name: unknown
Meaning of name: From 'inni-vist', Old Norse for 'dwelling'.
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Location
OS grid reference: NF835697
Names
Gaelic name: Uibhist a Tuath
Norse name: unknown
Meaning of name: From 'inni-vist', Old Norse for 'dwelling'.
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