[3] In 1800, Sergeant Evander MacIver was given the island on retirement from the Seaforth Regiment in lieu of a pension.

However, 27 years later, his family became victims of the Highland Clearances, and his descendants can be found in Valtos in neighbouring Lewis.

[3] In World War I, it is suspected that a German U-boat landed surreptitiously at the island, and unloaded boxes of provisions, which were found later.

[3] The current owner has restored a couple of blackhouses on the island, but it is uninhabited most of the time.

To the south east of the loch is Cnoc na Cille ("hill of the monk's cell").