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Adomnan, St 148, 160
Annat, Garbh Eilean 108–9, 167–70, 173, 205, 288
archaeology: blackhouse excavations 145–7, 186, 211–25, 230, 232–3, 244, 271
found objects 245–9, 263–4
pottery sherds 245–9
Shiant survey 104–15, 203
Bagh, Garbh Eilean 51, 86, 109, 111, 205, 287
Bagh, Chiann Neill, Eilean Mhuire 208
Barber, John 152, 153
Beccan mac Luigdech 164–6, 168
Bhrollum, Loch 35, 328
birds 1, 13, 28–9, 71, 109, 177–202, 275–6
barnacle geese 67–71, 127, 130, 132–4, 152, 337
eggs 180–1, 185, 325
as food 182, 186, 189, 266
fowling 49–54, 58, 186–8, 309, 326
fulmars 29, 31, 173, 177, 287
gannets 25, 27–9, 183–4, 276, 369–70
guano 275
guillemots 29, 78, 105, 139, 177, 178, 180, 189, 192, 208, 275
gulls 177, 192, 212
hawks 198
kittiwakes 45, 73, 177, 192, 275
larks 213
owls 276
oystercatchers 23
puffins 3, 49–51, 58, 105, 110, 178, 179–80, 181–3, 185–95, 275, 325, 355
ravens 3, 198, 201, 227
razorbills 105, 177, RSPB 357–9
sea eagles 122, 144, 194–202
shags 3, 73, 177, 180–2, 194–5, 192, 276, 287
shearwaters 43
skuas 3, 112–13, 128, 177, 276
snipe 108, 276
wrens 179
blackhouse 218, 239–44, 254, 258, 260
excavations 108, 145–5, 186, 211–25, 229, 232–3, 238, 244, 263
food and cooking 222–3, 244, 266
furnishings 240–1
Blue Men 38–41
Stream of 51, 56, 59, 72, 110, 227, 297
boats: birlinn 15–17, 19
Bronze Age 117
fishing boats 47–8, 95
joint-ownership 256
losses 48–60, 219, 226–7, 329
model Zulu 332–3
see also Freyja
Boxer, Charlie 22–3, 24
Bronze Age 100, 114, 121
cairns 114–15
farms 175
grave 115
hoards 124
houses 109, 113, 115, 167
torc 97, 115, 121–6
wreck 116–18, 121
Brooke, Mike 194
cairns 114–15
Campbell, Annie 59
Campbell, Donald & family 121, 197, 317–18, 321–36
house of 64, 322–3, 342
leave Shiants 67, 335
Carmichael, Alexander 243, 269
Carmina Gadelica 257–60
cattle 235–6, 241–2, 254, 280–1, 332, 361
caves 3, 54, 368–9
Charlie, Bonnie Prince 249, 251
Čihaková, Linda 145–6, 217, 221, 232
Clancy, Dr Thomas Owen 143, 160, 165, 168
Clearances 46, 268, 270–1, 302–5, 315, 317–18, 323, 325, 345
Cleidh, Loch 35
Columba, Saint 147–8, 160, 164–6, 170
communality 255–60
Cowie, Trevor 97, 124
cragganware 245–7
cross stone 146–54, 157, 163–4, 225–6, 227–30
Cunningham, Bullet 328, 353, 367
Cunningham, Kenny 95, 96–7, 99, 118, 123
Daniell, William 78–9, 144. 263, 307, 308
Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe 156–7, 344
Dodgshon, Prof Robert 204, 207, 236
Eilean an Tighe (E na Cille) 52, 45, 129–30, 169
birds 67, 70, 179, 198
boat-shaped stone setting 173–4
Bronze Age cairns 114
buildings 63–5, 105–8, 112, 298
cattle 361
cemetery 145, 168–9
central valley 108, 205, 212
church and chapel 144–5, 169–70, 229, 315
farmland 108, 218
farmsteads 205, 212
geology 86–7
hermitage 144, 169
inhabitants 217, 220, 225
kilnhouse 254
landing beach 61–3, 105, 108
name of 52
Norse houses 172–3
sheep and shepherds 52–3, 290, 300–1
water supply 63, 66, 105, 108
Eilean Mhuire 44, 55, 141
birds 67, 70, 178, 195, 208
farmsteads 205, 218
fertility 86, 111–12, 143–4, 218, 236
geology 86, 116, 244
inhabitants 217, 219
name of 142
ruins 112, 142
sheep 73, 111, 281, 287
water supply 112
Eishken estate, Pairc 196, 197–9, 293, 294, 302, 304, 335
Elwes, Captain H J 195–6
famine 163, 223–4, 237, 265–6, 313, 321
farming 86, 205, 267, 364
acreage 236–8
field walls 205–6
grazing 267, 269, 280–1
hay 311–14, 315
joint farms 255
ploughing 256
run-rig system 206–7
see also cattle
sheep
fish 22, 27, 277
limpets 222–3, 265–6
lobsters 1, 3, 277, 328
salmon 340
sandeel 191–4
Fisher, Ian 150–1, 153
fishing 22, 46–8, 276–7, 318
fishing boats 47–8, 95
lost 48–9, 329
Flodabay, Harris 14, 16, 17–18, 23, 25
flora 1–2, 51, 103, 108, 109, 130–1, 141, 173, 182, 212
Foster, Patrick 167, 173, 254, 263
archaeological survey 104–14, 203
Barra excavations 104, 212
establishes cemetery site 145, 168
Shiant excavations 211–12, 232
Fraser, Simon 316–17, 335
Freyja 47, 63, 147, 367
building of 16–22, 31, 47
first passage 14, 24–7, 29–30, 33–4, 41–5
naming of 26, 31
sailing 22–3, 55, 127–8, 274, 338–9
sails 127
Gaelic 31–3, 72, 73, 136, 137, 245, 256
Galtas 29–30, 33, 41, 43, 74, 125–6, 130, 176, 276
formation of 85, 88
Galta Beag 130, 276
wrecks 100, 118, 121
Garbh Eilean 6, 44, 61, 108, 141
anchorage 45, 53–4
beach 62
birds 51, 144, 179, 181, 195, 200, 275
boat-shaped stone setting 173
clay 221, 245
farming 205–6, 218, 236
geology of 85–7, 89
hermitage site 167–8, 170
inhabitants 112, 315
kelp kiln 263
name of 170
natural arch 3, 73, 78, 79, 86, 205, 368
north face 78, 195
peat cutting 323
prehistoric sites 112–13, 115, 167
rock shelters 110–11
ruins 109–10
sheep 109, 287–9
soil 109
steps from beach 322
swimming pool 108
view from 74–6
water supply 109
geology 78, 80–93, 125, 191–2
ghosts 137–9, 272
Gibb, Dr Fergus 80–1, 83, 86, 90, 91, 149
Gibbon, Edward 157, 158
Grant, Miranda 96–7, 99
Harman, Mary 332
Harvie-Brown, John 91, 179, 190, 196–8, 323–8
Headrick, Rev James 280–1
Henderson, Mike 80, 83, 85, 86
hermits 133–6, 141–8, 153–70
Hiscock, Becky 256
Hogg, James 299–300, 301, 318
Holden, Patrick 256
Inishmurray, County Sligo 225, 151–2, 153
Iona 143, 147–8, 150, 152, 158, 160, 171, 225
Isbister, Orkneys 122, 195
islands: changing attitudes towards 344–5, 347
holiness of 134–6, 140–1, 164
Johnson, Dr Samuel 1, 225, 235, 261, 265, 353
kelp manufacture 262–9, 307
landscape history 204–5
language 31–3, 72, 129
Lawrence, D H: ‘The Man Who Loved Islands’ 343–5
Lemreway 332
boat loss 49–58, 325
Lethbridge. T C 39–40
The Power of the Pendulum 40
Leverhulme, Lord 8, 339–41
Limburský, Petr 145, 212
Lochs, Pairc 46, 49, 302
Parish 9, 228, 233, 234, 264
Luskentyre, Harris 60, 335
MacAulay, John 29, 117
birlinn 15–16
on Blue Men 40–1
builds Freyja 16–25, 26, 47, 127
MacCallum, Rev Donald 9–12, 363, 365
Macculloch, John 83, 89, 144, 170, 300, 308–9
MacDermaid, Donald 339
Macdonald, Aidan 169, 171
Maclver, Kenneth Angus ‘Toby’ 283–7, 290–4, 296
Mackenzie, Rev Collin 233–4
Mackenzie, Compton 65, 76, 140, 197, 340–6
article on Shiants 342
Lawrence’s attack on 343–5
The North Wind of Love 342–3
owner of Shiants 8, 11
radio broadcast 322–3, 324
renovations made by 64
Shiant Shield endowed by 362
Mackenzie, Dr John 261–2
Mackenzie, Kenneth 220, 228
Mackenzie, Kennie 113, 283–6, 289, 292, 294, 296
Mackenzie, Osgood 50–1
MacKinnon, Lachlan 301
Macleod, Alexander 240
Macleod, Dan 49, 53–4, 272–3, 279, 302
Macleod, Donald ‘D B’ 68, 281, 283, 306, 360, 361–3
Macleod, Iain Garbh 227
Macleod, Malcolm 104, 204, 329
MacLeod, Morag 74
Macleod, Murdoch (Tacksman) 270
Macleod, Nial 208
Macleod, Torquil Oighre 219
Macleod clan 8–9, 15, 209, 218–20
MacNeill, Donald 260
Macrae, Christopher 294
Macrae, Ruaraidh 294
Macrae, Tommy 197, 281, 331
MacSween, Donald 41, 93, 136, 339
on conditions in Minch 34–5, 47, 48, 130, 328
finds Shiant torc 95, 99, 116, 118
fishing 339
grazing tenancy 281–2
hospitality of 258
MacSween, Hughie (Uisdean) 49, 68, 283, 317, 352, 356
attitude to Shiants 140
on Campbell family 322
grazing tenancy 6–9, 34, 281–2, 304, 360–1
on Shiant Islanders 268
on Stewarts 302, 304–6
on wreck of Neda 121
MacSween, Iain 304–5, 362
MacSween, Joan 65
MacSween, Johnnie 281
MacSween, Joyce 304–6, 361
MacSween, Malcolm (Calum) 67, 68, 178, 268, 281, 286, 317, 323, 332, 340–1, 345–6, 351, 353–4, 360, 361
MacSween, Rachel 34–5, 258, 338
Maelrubha, St 153
magic 226–8, 291
Martin, Martin 75, 291
on famine 223
on Loch Siant 72
on sanctity of islands 135
on sea eagles 195, 198
on Siant chapel 144, 170
Martin, Roderick 52
Matheson, John Murdo 35, 61, 140, 143, 280, 282–9, 291–7, 360
Matheson, Mary Ann 35, 302
Maxwell, Gavin 279
Mealasta, Uig 272
Mianish, Eilean an Tighe 67, 70, 74, 121, 290
Minch 1, 14, 78, 90, 115, 135
crossing 24–5, 117, 127–30
current 116
dangers of 35–8
pollution 116, 198–199
tides 191
Molinginish, Harris 52, 316–17, 318, 325, 334–5
Monro, Donald, Archdeacon of the Isles 217–18
Moran, Stephen 153
Morison, John 208
Morrison, Allan 59
Morrison, Donald (of Scalpay) 329, 334
Morrison, Donald (of Tarbert) 335
Morrison, John 329
Morrison, Norman 362
Morrison, Robert 334
Muir, T S 144–5, 315
Munro, Donald 308
Munro, Murdo 309
Neda 118–21, 323, 353
Nicolson, Adam: and conservationists 356
feelings for Shiants 3–4, 11, 103, 175. 371–2
fishing 277–8
ghostly experiences 136–9
as landowner 2, 5–8, 363–6
living conditions on Shiants 63–7, 232
mental processes 100–1
on Shiants 77–8, 94, 108, 316, 337–8, 366–71
snares puffin 186–8
and solitude 155–6
Nicolson, Ben (A N’s uncle) 2
Nicolson, Ben (A N’s son) 349
Nicolson, Harold 346, 349
Nicolson, Neil 73, 266
Nicolson, Nigel 2–3, 8, 10, 65, 188, 332, 346–52, 357–9, 371
Long Life 346–7
Nicolson, Tom 2, 4, 364, 366, 370–1
Norrie, William 197, 327–8, 329
Norse, see Vikings
O’Farrell, Thomas 30, 33–4, 125
Old Norse 31–3
O’Sullivan, Jerry 225
Pabbay 160, 269, 325
Pairc 35, 86, 198, 222
clearances 10, 46, 302–4
lessees 301
murders (1785) 271–3
views of 76, 110
Picts 100, 162, 170
pillow-stone, see cross stone
place names 73–4, 168–70
Icelandic Placenamebook 150
pollution 116, 198–200
ponies 221, 236, 238, 256
population 12, 112, 115, 234, 236, 269
abandonment 10, 210–11, 219–20, 224, 237, 266–9, 298–9
emigration 249, 266
eviction theory 270–1
pressures 237–8, 262
prehistoric sites
cairns 114–15
houses 105, 108, 109, 112–13
menhir 115
rock shelters 110–11
‘Prepared State’ document 229
Presbyterianism 252, 320–1
Quammen, David 69
rats 64, 353–5
Rona, North 160, 162
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 344–5
Royal Commissions 9, 10, 22, 303–4, 323
RSPB 357–9
Rubh’ Uisenis, Lewis 38
Sackville-West, Vita 346, 349
St Kilda 25, 27, 28, 81, 160, 162, 179, 189, 278
Scaladale, Harris 6, 304–5
Scalpay 34, 59, 84, 176, 252, 329
clearances to 305, 325
Primary School 148
Scobie, Mitchell 317
Scott, Sir Walter 299
Scott, Walter (Shiant tenant) 318
Seaforth, Earls of 8, 220, 226, 228, 260, 264, 270
Seaforth, Loch 6, 35, 52, 274, 305, 318
seals 1, 14, 23, 73, 78, 175, 181, 340
Seann Chaisteal, Eilean Mhuire 70, 276
Sellar, Patrick 64, 323
Sgeir Mianish, Eilean an Tighe 70, 129, 276
sharks, basking 71, 277–9
Shaw, Margaret Fay 291, 329
sheep 63, 73, 131, 143, 240, 256, 257, 315
shepherds 6–7, 137, 140, 212, 247, 280–97, 300–1, 307, 308–9, 313–15, 317, 360
shepherd’s house 52–3, 311–12
stealing of 314, 317
Shiant, Sound of 34, 38, 40
Shiant Isles
church in 229, 233
climate 113–14, 123, 125, 163
formation of 81–9
isolation/remoteness of 103, 134, 155–7, 209–10, 234, 269, 299, 308, 309, 321, 346–7
location of 1
name of 44, 71–3, 136, 137
ownership of 5–12, 363–6
place names 73–4
sales of 2, 8, 220, 340–1, 358
see also Eilean an Tighe
Eilean Mhuire
Garbh Eilean
Shiant torc 96–100, 115–16, 118, 121–6
Simson, Rev Alexander 92, 234, 271
Skye 8, 75, 84, 91, 119, 153, 167, 173, 207
Smith, Angus 301
Smith, Donald ‘Nona’ 53, 283–7, 291–4, 296
songs 59, 60, 128, 257, 272–3, 278, 330, 362
Stemreway, Lewis 73
Stewart, Robert 363–5
Stewart brothers 31, 301–8, 311–15
Stocanish, Garbh Eilean 6, 55–6, 74, 115, 276, 288, 306
Stornoway, Lewis 31, 76, 86, 116, 208
market 248, 280, 282
Museum nan Eilean 98–9
Receiver of Wreck 98, 118, 119
Taransay 160
Tarbert, Harris 6, 24, 31, 334
Teignmouth, Lord (Sir John Shore) 31, 195, 310–14
Thomson, Prof Derick: ‘The Scarecrow’ 229–30
Tobaichean Caola, Garbh Eilean 306, 309
torc, Celtic, see Shiant torc
Tozer, Adam 93
Triton, HMS 249–51, 252
Udal, The 171
Uig, Lewis 221–2
Valamus, Pairc 31, 264–5, 302, 304, 311, 314
Vikings 9, 27, 30, 31, 53, 74, 100, 129
graves 115, 173
houses 172–3
raids 171–2
ships 173, 175
tacksmen 253
Virgin, cult of 142–3
West Highland Free Press 5
whalebone 248–9
witchcraft 227
Woollard, Simon 92–3
wrecks 34, 98, 116–21, 323, 353
robbing of 261–2, 267, 271
Zarna 34, 353