Fuaigh Mòr
{{Short description|Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox Scottish island
|coordinates = {{coord|58.21|-6.89|display=inline}}
|location_map=Scotland Outer Hebrides
|caption=Fuaigh Mòr shown within the Outer Hebrides
|GridReference=NB129349
|official_name=Fuaigh Mòr
|celtic name=Fuaigh Mòr
|norse name=
|meaning of name= "Large Vuia", or "house island", from Norse
|area={{cvt|84|ha|sqmi|frac=32}}
|area rank=159=
|highest elevation=Mullach na Beinne {{convert|67|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|Population= 0
|population rank=
|main settlement=
|island group=Outer Hebrides
|local authority=Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
|references={{GRO10}}[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey]{{Haswell-Smith}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf |title=Placenames |author=Iain Mac an Tailleir |publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba |format=PDF |access-date=2007-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529185220/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-29 }}
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Fuaigh Mòr (sometimes anglicised as Vuia Mor){{cite web|title=Vuia Mor|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10997.html|publisher=The Gazetteer for Scotland|access-date=15 November 2012}} is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is off the west coast of Lewis near Great Bernera in Loch Ròg. It is {{convert|84|ha|acre|0|abbr=off}} and {{convert|67|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} at its highest point.
History
In 1841, Fuaigh Mòr was the scene of an incident in the Highland Clearances, a subject that still evokes much bitterness in the surrounding area.
A local Lewis story goes that the Bernera Ground Officer, who was responsible for the evictions, was later dismissed from his post and ended up as a tramp in Ontario, Canada. While he was begging for food in Ontario, he came to the door of someone he had evicted from Fuaigh Mòr, but did not recognise them at first. The evictee is said to have given him food, and then reminded him of who she was.
The island is currently uninhabited, and now used only for grazing sheep.
Geography and geology
The rock is Lewisian gneiss.
The island itself is L-shaped, tapering towards the north. The south east has a small headland extended northwards, called Rubha na h-Athadh, which has a cairn on it. There are a couple of caves in the north as well. There are cliffs on the west coast such as Creag na h-Iolaire (eagle crag).
There are many skerries and small islands near it such as Geile Sgeir, Garbh Eilean, Eilean nam Feannag, Linngeam, Cliatasay, Grousam and yet another Floday, as well as Fuaigh Beag. Eunay Mòr is between the island and Great Bernera.
Notes and references
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{{Lewis and Harris}}
{{Hebrides (uninhabited)}}
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Category:Cleared places in the Outer Hebrides
Category:Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides
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