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Gometra is an
island in the
Scottish Inner Hebrides, lying west of
Mull. It lies immediately west of
Ulva, to which it's linked by a bridge, and at low
tide also by a beach. It is approximately two square miles. The name is also applied to the island summit, which is a
Marilyn.
The island is
agricultural, formerly growing grain for the
monastery on
Iona. Once home to a population of over a hundred, it's now down to a tight-knit community of a handful of people, up to a thousand black face sheep, a flock of feral goats, and
red deer. Historical sites on the island include an old
burial ground, the remains of two
duns and old settlements. It has no
school,
doctor,
ferry or
postal service. The etymology of the name has been traced to both the
Norse Goðrmaðray meaning "warrior priest's island" and the
Gaelic Gu mòr traigh meaning "only at low tide", but the latter is an example of folk etymology. Gometra's Gaelic name is 'Gòmastra', showing its Norse origin.
In 1932, the island was sold to the
English mountaineer Hugh Ruttledge (1884–1961), who had taken early retirement from the
Indian Civil Service and planned a life as a farmer. While living on the island, Ruttledge led two British expeditions to
Mount Everest, in 1933 and 1936, and took up sailing. In 1950, he moved to
Dartmoor.
Gometra House had fallen into disrepair by the 1980s, but was reoccupied and restored as a family home in the 1990s.
For most of its history, the Island has belonged to descendants of Viking settlers of
Sodor or the Kingdom of Man, who intermarried with the original Pictish rulers of the area.
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