Fladda, Treshnish Isles

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Fladda
Norse nameFlat-ey
Meaning of name"flat island"
Location
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Fladda
Fladda shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NM298438
Coordinates 56°31′N6°23′W / 56.51°N 6.39°W / 56.51; -6.39
Physical geography
Island group Treshnish Isles
Area26 ha [1]
Highest elevation26 m
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Argyll and Bute
Demographics
Population0
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References [2] [3] [4] [5]

Fladda is the northernmost of the Treshnish Isles. Its name comes from the Old Norse Flat-ey meaning "flat island". Fladda is owned by the Hebridean Trust.

Treshnish Isles archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of Mull, in Scotland

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Old Norse North Germanic language

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th centuries.

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Archaeology

Fladda's archaeology is recorded by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. It refers to a building and mounds which may be the site of an early Christian chapel and burial ground. [6] It notes the similarity to finds on Colonsay.

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland government agency

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Colonsay island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull

Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull. The ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeil, it is in the council area of Argyll and Bute and has an area of 4,074 hectares (15.7 sq mi). Aligned on a south-west to north-east axis, it measures 8 miles (13 km) in length and reaches 3 miles (4.8 km) at its widest point.

In Literature

Fladda is mentioned in Frank Fraser Darling's book Island Years. He lived on the neighbouring island of Lunga with his wife and son while carrying out research. Darling notes that Fladda was the site of the summer home of the Robertsons, who at that time had been fishing lobsters around the Treshnish Isles for three generations. [7]

Sir Frank Fraser Darling FRSE was an English ecologist, ornithologist, farmer, conservationist and author, who is strongly associated with the highlands and islands of Scotland. He gives his name to the Fraser Darling effect.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. ↑ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two) . "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN   1-84195-454-3.
  4. ↑ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  5. ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Site Record for Treshnish Islands". CANMORE. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ↑ Darling, Frank Fraser (1940). Island Years. G. Bell & Sons.

Coordinates: 56°30′30″N6°23′35″W / 56.50833°N 6.39306°W / 56.50833; -6.39306

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