Holm of Noss

[1] It is a tabular islet with vertical faces about 160 ft (49 m) high,[2] and is adjacent to the Isle of Noss, from which it is separated by a 20 metres (66 ft).

The island's other name, "Cradle Holm", comes from a small hoist, or cradle, which used to run between the island and Noss, for around 200 years from the 17th century, to 1864.

[1] In 1864, the laird's factor, Mr Walker, had the cradle dismantled on the grounds of safety, and had a wall erected on the neighbouring cliff on Noss.

The crofter who constructed the original cradle is said to have won his bet, that he could not climb it, but died shortly after constructing the cradle.

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