[[Image:Cave on North Rona.jpg|thumb|300px|Cave on North Rona]]
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It was resettled, but again depopulated by around 1695 in some sort of boating tragedy, after which it remained home to a succession of shepherds and their families, until 1844 when it was deserted. [[Sir James Matheson]], who bought Lewis in 1844, offered the island to the Government for use as a penal settlement. The offer was refused.
