page_title: Eynhallow
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Eynhallow / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruined chapel on Eynhallow
context_page_description: Eynhallow is a small, presently uninhabited island, part of Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
context_section_description: The island's main attraction is Eynhallow Church dating from the twelfth century or earlier, and perhaps originally part of a monastery. The site is maintained by Historic Scotland.
  In 1841 the island had a population of 26. It has been uninhabited since the landowner cleared crofters away in 1851.  It is now a bird sanctuary.
  It has its own folklore, concerning the initial finding of the island. Eynhallow was believed to be the summer residence of the shape-shifting mer-people the Finfolk, who were driven away by the farmer, Guidman o' Thorodale from Evie.
caption: The ruined chapel on Eynhallow
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