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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
Gaelic name Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
Meaning of name Island of Big Rory/Roderick
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OS grid reference NG897733
Coordinates 57°42′N 5°32′W / 57.7°N 5.53°W / 57.7; -5.53
Physical geography
Island group Loch Maree
Area 38 ha
Area rank (Freshwater: 10) 
Highest elevation 51 m
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Highland
Demographics
Population 0
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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore".

The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree. The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a national nature reserve.

History

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr was planted with pines in about 1815. There are remains of a subterranean circular structure, similar to a Scandinavian dùn or burgh. The ancestors of the Mackenzies of Gairloch held it as a place of security from the attacks of the Macleods.

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