Gaelic name ùruisg, OS grid reference NM902429 Highest elevation 47 m | Norse name Aoraisge Area rank 124= Area 145 ha Lieutenancy area Argyll and Bute | |
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Meaning of name 'water nymph island' or 'Erik's island' Island groups British Isles, Inner Hebrides Similar Kerrera, Loch Creran, Castle Stalker, Eilean Shona, Calve Island | ||
The isle of eriska hotel argyll scotland
Eriska is a flat, tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland. Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths, the island is run as a hotel with wooded grounds. The island is evidently populated although no record for the total was provided by the census in 2001 or 2011.
Contents
- The isle of eriska hotel argyll scotland
- Map of Eriska United Kingdom
- Scottish thistle awards 2010 isle of eriska hotel spa and island
- GeographyEdit
- Eriska HouseEdit
- References
Map of Eriska, United Kingdom
Scottish thistle awards 2010 isle of eriska hotel spa and island
GeographyEdit
The island is largely of schist and slate with the lower ground to the west as a raised beach. To the east of the bridge, there is a partly submerged Crannog, or fortified dwelling, dating from the Bronze Age around 200 B.C. It is part of the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.
The estate as a whole includes about 20 hectares (49 acres) on the mainland with a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The island itself has been measured at 145 hectares (360 acres) in total.
Eriska HouseEdit
Eriska House was built in 1884 by the Stewarts of Appin. Built in the Scottish Baronial style by architect Hippolyte Blanc, who was highly acclaimed for his meticulous attention to detail and for a very high degree of specification in materials.
Eriska was occupied by the Blairs and Clark Hutchisons, who built the bridge over the drying channel, connecting the island to the mainland at all states of the tide. When they left in 1930 little upkeep was done until the island was purchased by the Buchanan-Smith family in 1973. The house remains essentially the same with the surrounding buildings converted to become part of the hotel.