IsleOfSkye.co.ukIsle Of Skye History
Skye has sites showing occupation by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, such as the site at An Corran in Staffin which appears to have been in contact with occupants of the rock shelter at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross.
Skye suffered famine and clearances over the latter part of the 18th century, leading to its badly depleted population of less than ten thousand at the 1991 Census.