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Isle Ristol

Coordinates:58°2′39″N5°26′14″W/ 58.04417°N 5.43722°W/58.04417; -5.43722
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Isle Ristol
Scottish GaelicnameEilean Ruisteil
Meaning of name'island with the horse valley' fromGaelicandNorse.
Isle Ristol from the air
Isle Ristol from the air
Location
Isle Ristol is located in Sutherland
Isle Ristol
Isle Ristol
Isle Ristol shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceNB971112
Coordinates58°02′38″N5°26′13″W/ 58.044°N 05.437°W/58.044; -05.437
Physical geography
Island groupSummer Isles
Area225 ha (78sq mi)[1]
Area rank103 [2]
Highest elevation71 m (233 ft)
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0[3]
Lymphad
References[4][5][6]

Isle Ristol,the innermost of theSummer Islesin Scotland, is aScottish Wildlife TrustReserve.

Lying roughly 12 miles (19 kilometres) north ofUllapoolinWester 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 Ristolmachair,amongst which aremoonwortandadder's tongue.[7]

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

View south, over Altandhu, of Isle Ristol, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, with Eilean Mullagrach to the right

References

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  1. ^"Isle Ristol".Gazetteer for Scotland.Retrieved16 July2007.
  2. ^Area and population ranks: there arec. 300islands over 20 ha in extent and93 permanently inhabited islandswere listed in the2011 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.Retrieved14 August2020.
  4. ^abHaswell-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 15Loch Assynt (Lochinver & Kylesku)(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012.ISBN9780319231265.
  7. ^"SWT Reserve: Isle Ristol".Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2007.Retrieved16 July2007.

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