Muckle Roe is an island in Shetland, Scotland, in St. Magnus Bay, to the west of Mainland, Shetland. It has a population of around 130 people, who mainly croft and live in the south east of the island.[7][8]
History
The island is referred to in the Orkneyinga saga.[9]
In 1905 a bridge was built between Muckle Roe and the Shetland Mainland over Roe Sound at a cost of £1,020 met from public subscription and a grant from the Congested Districts Board. The construction was of iron and concrete[7][10] and its completion was followed by a reversal in the population decline seen in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries. A replacement bridge was built in 1999.
Geography and geology
Muckle Roe is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) in diameter, with high cliffs in the south. Its highest point is Mid Ward 172 metres (564 ft).
The island's rock is red granite,[8] which gives the island its name - a combination of Scots and Old Norse meaning "big red island".[5][7]
There are crofts in the east and south east. The rest of the island is lochan-studded moorland.[11]
Population
Muckle Roe population
| 1851 |
290 |
| 1871 |
216 |
| 1881 |
230 |
| 1961 |
103 |
| 1971 |
94 |
| 1981 |
101 |
| 1991 |
115 |
| 2001 |
104 |
| 2011 |
130 |
| source: [4][5] |
Notes
- ↑ Waugh (2007) p. 541
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands >20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 406
- ↑ Fraser, Allen (2002) The Edinburgh Geologist: Old Norse and Norn names in Shetland. Issue 39 Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Keay & Keay, (1994) p. 711
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 440
- ↑ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
- ↑ Nicolson (1972) p. 108
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
References
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- Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London. HarperCollins.
- Nicolson, James R. (1972) Shetland. Newton Abbott. David & Charles.
- Waugh, Doreen "Placing Papa Stour in Context" in Ballin Smith, Beverley; Taylor, Simon; and Williams, Gareth (2007) West over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement Before 1300. Leiden. Brill. ISBN 97890-04-15893-1
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