Isle Ristol

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Isle Ristol
Scottish Gaelic nameEilean Ruisteil
Meaning of name'island with the horse valley' from Gaelic and Norse.
Isle Ristol from the air.jpg
Isle Ristol from the air
Location
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Isle Ristol
Isle Ristol shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NB971112
Coordinates 58°02′38″N5°26′13″W / 58.044°N 05.437°W / 58.044; -05.437
Physical geography
Island group Summer Isles
Area225 ha (78 sq mi) [1]
Area rank103 [2]
Highest elevation71 m (233 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Highland
Demographics
Population0 [3]
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References [4] [5] [6]

Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve.

Lying roughly 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay. Access is by boat from Old Dornie.

Over fifty higher species have been identified amongst the flora on the Isle Ristol machair, amongst which are moonwort and adder's tongue. [7]

Isle Ristol was a site of a British Fishery Society station in the late 18th century. [4]

Loch an Alltain Duibh and Isle Ristol, Summer Isles, Scotland(RLH).JPG
View south, over Altandhu, of Isle Ristol, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, with Eilean Mullagrach to the right

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References

  1. "Isle Ristol". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
  2. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
  5. Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 15 Loch Assynt (Lochinver & Kylesku) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319231265.
  7. "SWT Reserve: Isle Ristol". Archived from the original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.

Coordinates: 58°2′39″N5°26′14″W / 58.04417°N 5.43722°W / 58.04417; -5.43722