The Crowlin Islands are a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides

Inner Hebrides

The Inner Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which enjoy a mild oceanic climate. There are 36 inhabited islands and a further 43 uninhabited Inner Hebrides with an area greater than...

 of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. They lie between Skye and the Applecross

Applecross

The Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...

 peninsula on the mainland.

The individual islands are:

• Eilean Mòr
  Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands
  Eilean Mòr is the largest of the Crowlin Islands in the Inner Sound off the Isle of Skye, Scotland.Eilean Mòr is situated at the mouth of Loch Carron, off the south coast of Applecross in Wester Ross....
  
   (big island)
• Eilean Meadhonach (middle island)
• Eilean Beag (little island)

Pronunciation
Scots Gaelic:	Bealach
Pronunciation: |ˈpjalˠ̪əx
Scots Gaelic:	Eilean Beag
Pronunciation: |ˈelan ˈpek
Scots Gaelic:	Eilean Meadhanach
Pronunciation: |ˈelan ˈmiə.anəx
Scots Gaelic:	Eilean Mòr
Pronunciation: |ˈelan ˈmoːɾ
Scots Gaelic:	Na h-Eileanan Cròlainneach
Pronunciation:	nə ˈhelanən ˈkʰɾɔːlˠ̪əɲəx

Although cave excavations on Eilean Mòr have shown evidence of human settlement in Mesolithic

Mesolithic

The Mesolithic is an archaeological concept used to refer to certain groups of archaeological cultures defined as falling between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic....

times 8,000 years ago, the islands have been uninhabited since about 1920. From about 1810 to 1920 Eilean Mòr was home for several families, evicted from Applecross, but unwilling to take passage from Scotland to far-off lands. By agreement with the landowning Mackenzie laird they were allowed to settle on the islands and make what living they could by fishing, pasturing sheep, gathering kelp and farming. The drystone shielings left in 1920 are still on the island, though the valuable roof beams were prudently taken when the families left. There have been no trees on these islands in historic memory, so all timber had needs be imported, at high cost. Descendants of those island families still live in the mainland Applecross villages where they are regularly visited by relatives from abroad, as well as tourists by motorbike or car daring the Bealach—officially the worst road in Britain.