Also known as Rhum
Rùm (), a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum ( ), is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, in the district of Lochaber. For much of the 20th century the name became Rhum, a spelling invented by the former owner, Sir George Bullough, because he did not relish the idea of having the title "Laird of Rum".
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Lochaber
- Scottish island.caption
- Rùm shown within Lochaber
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NM360976
- Scottish island.norse name
- possibly rõm-øy
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- unclear
- Scottish island.area rank
- 15
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Askival,
- Scottish island.Population
- 31
- Scottish island.population rank
- 56
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Kinloch
- Scottish island.island group
- Small Isles
- Scottish island.local authority
- Highland
- Scottish island.Image
- Kinloch Castle, Rum (geograph 2949666).jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Kinloch Castle
- Protected area.name
- Rùm National Nature Reserve
- Protected area.iucn_category
- II
- Protected area.image
- Harris, Isle of Rum.jpg
- Protected area.image_caption
- Harris Bay
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 22
- Area
- 104
- Official website
- www.isleofrum.com
- Image
- Harris, Isle of Rum.jpg
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26 sectionsContents
- Toponyms
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Prehistory
- Early Medieval Period
- Scandinavian settlement
- Scottish control
- Early modern period
- Religious changes
- Population expansion
- Depopulation
- Multiple island owners
- Ecology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Protected and specialist areas
- Economy, transport and culture
- Demographics
- Climate
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Rùm (), a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum ( ), is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, in the district of Lochaber. For much of the 20th century the name became Rhum, a spelling invented by the former owner, Sir George Bullough, because he did not relish the idea of having the title "Laird of Rum".
It is the largest of the Small Isles, and the 15th largest Scottish island, and is inhabited by about 30 people, all of whom live in the hamlet of Kinloch on the east coast. The island has been inhabited since the 8th millennium BC and provides some of the earliest known evidence of human occupation in Scotland. The early Celtic and Norse settlers left only a few written accounts and artefacts. From the 12th to 13th centuries on, the island was held by various clans including the MacLeans of Coll. The population grew to over 400 by the late 18th century but was cleared of its indigenous population between 1826 and 1828. The island then became a sporting estate, the exotic Kinloch Castle being constructed by the Bulloughs in 1900. Rùm was purchased by the Nature Conservancy Council in 1957.
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