The Crowlin Islands (gaelic: crò linne) a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. They lie between Skye and the Applecross peninsula on the mainland. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... The Old Man of Storr, Skye The Isle of Skye, usually known simply as Skye (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgiathanach) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ...
The individual islands are:
Eilean Mór (big island)
Eilean Meadhonach (middle island)
Eilean Beag (little island)
Although cave excavations on Eilean Mór have shown evidence of human settlement in Mesolithic times 8,000 years ago, the islands have uninhabited since the turn of the 20th century. The Mesolithic (Greek mesos=middle and lithos=stone or the Middle Stone Age) is the period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
The island has some of the most dramatic and challenging mountain terrain in Scotland, including the Cuillin, as well as a rich heritage of ancient monuments, castles, and memorials.
Many of the island's roads have been widened in the past 40 years, but there are still substantial sections of single track road.
Portree is the largest settlement, and main service centre on the island, with a population of 2,491 (2001 census).