Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Glass Island (or Ellean glas)

Glass Island (or Ellean glas), E. point of Scalpay island, at mouth of E. Loch Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides; has a lighthouse 100 ft. high, with fixed light (Scalpay) 130 ft. above high water and seen 17 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "E. point of island"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Place names: ELLEAN GLAS     |     GLASS ISLAND     |     GLASS ISLAND OR ELLEAN GLAS