Grimsay
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Grimsay (Template:Langx) is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Geography
Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a Script error: No such module "convert". arc of single track road linking North Uist and Benbecula via the western tip of Grimsay.[1] Until it opened in 1960,[2] a ferry linked Carinish (on North Uist) with Gramsdale (on Benbecula), but could only operate at high tide.[3] There was also a ford which could only be crossed close to low water, usually only with a guide.[3] For significant parts of each day the North Ford was too wet to ford and not wet enough to cross by ferry.[3] East of Grimsay lie several smaller islands including Ronay which was inhabited until 1931.[4]
Inhabitants
The island's population was 169 as recorded by the 2011 census[5] a drop of over 15% since 2001 when there were 201 usual residents.[6] During the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702.[7] By 2022 the population was recorded as 149.[8]Template:Efn The main settlements are Baymore (Bàgh Mòr) and Kallin (Ceallan) at the eastern end of the island. Grimsay has a harbour at Kallin, which is the base to a sizeable shellfish industry,[1] the island's main industry, mostly for lobster, prawns and scallops. Also in Kallin is The Boatshed, a marine repair facility which promotes traditional skills, and employs a full-time boatbuilder and trainee.[9] Three generations of Stewart family built as many as 1,000 boats from three sheds on Grimsay.[9] Grimsay is encircled by a single-track road that links most of the island's small croft and fishing settlements together.
History
There is a fine example of an Iron-Age wheelhouse on the northeast coast of the island at Bàgh nam Feadag.[10] It is one of the best examples of a wheelhouse in the North Uist area but does not appear on Ordnance Survey maps.[11]
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Bagh Mòr on Grimsay, with Ronay in distance
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A wheelhouse on Grimsay
Notes
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Citations
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