Eigg

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Graham Lewis
Eigg is one of the Small Isles, lying 10 miles off the west coast of Scotland. It's a moorland plateau, cleaved by a valley, and with the dramatic scarp of An Sgurr looming over it. It's been variously farmed and fought over: its brief moment of prosperity was early 19th C from kelp farming. Then, as elsewhere in the Highlands, that trade collapsed, and Eigg followed the unhappy pattern of clearances, conversion to sheep farming and sporting estates, and long-running disputes between residents and landowners. Since 1997 it's been owned and cared for by the residents' Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust.
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