It appears to have been abandoned in the 1880s, but there is ample evidence of human habitation on it, including a number of walls, a sheep pen, and a lime kiln.

[6] A number of wild flowers grow here, though not as many as on nearby Eilean Rìgh.

The island is long and narrow, aligned southwest–northeast, parallel to the nearby shore of the mainland.

A line of skerries extend from the south of the island into the Sound of Jura.

[1] The geology is metamorphic apidiorite with some Dalriadan quartzite at the south end.