You may view the information for ALL the towns and villages
in Isle of Skye0 (the page may be very large)
or You can view your
preferred location from the list on the left.
Probably the
most spectacular of the Small Isles, Rum is
now a nature reserve run by Scottish National
Heritage. Formerly the private, sporting
estate of the wealthy industrialist John
Bullough, and later his son George, it was
purchased in 1957 and is a wildlife habitat of
international significance.
The island has its
own range of mountains as well as the world’s
first wind-powered telephone exchange. Rum was
where sea eagles were reintroduced to Scotland
and is at the centre of extensive research
into red deer.
All of its 30 or so
inhabitants live in the village of Kinloch, site
of the Bullough family’s former Edwardian
mansion Kinloch Castle. The island has the earliest
evidence of human occupation in Scotland. Humans
were living here at least 10,000 years ago. In
common with other members of the Small Isles,
Rum’s people were forced to emigrate to make way
for sheep in the 19th century. Today’s visitors
arrive by ferry from Mallaig on the mainland.
