The ruins of a settlement can be seen from the Skerray and in the waist of the island, between Mol na Coinnle ("Pebble Beach of the Candles") and Mol Mòr ("big pebble beach").

[3] Eilean nan Ròn is not one of the Hebrides, which lie off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

Wilson wrote in 1882: There are several islets and islands off Eilean nan Ròn.

To the south west is the dully named An Innis ("small island").

As the name implies, Eilean nan Ròn is popular with grey seals, that come here in their hundreds each autumn to pup.