Pabbay, the priest or hermit island, was once the home to 338 people in 1841. Known as the 'Granary of Harris' it was lush, productive and famed for its illicit spirits distilled in remote lochans to the west of the 2026 acre island.
In 1846 it was 'cleared' for sheep grazing and the population numbers fell to 21. Charter trips are run there from Tarbert by Sea Harris and insights are provided on the web by Marc Calhoun with his account and photographs (featured here) of Baile Linga, the settlement that is still has its ruins visible. It was last inhabited some 40 years ago.
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