In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Coomb Island like this:
Ellan-na-Coomb or Ellan-na-Naoimh, a small island of Tongue parish, Sutherland, separated from the mainland by the strait of Caol Bean, 1 furlong wide at the narrowest, a little W of Torrisdale Bay, and 9 furlongs E by S of Ellan-nan-Ron. With utmost length and breadth of 4 ½ and 3 ¼ furlongs, it rises to a height of 231 feet, contains traces of an ancient chapel and cemetery, and is so tunnelled and perforated on the S side that half-flood tide, during a north-westerly gale, throws up from it a jet d'eau 30 feet high, followed by a detonating sound like the report of cannon.—Ord. ...
Sur., sh. 114, 1880.
Additional information about this locality is available for Tongue
Coomb Island through time
Coomb Island is now part of Highland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Highland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coomb Island itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coomb Island, in Highland and Sutherland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27008
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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