Islands of the Clyde
From the mid thirteenth century to the present day all of the islands of the Clyde have remained part of modern Scotland. From the 1850s to the late 20th century the Clyde Puffer, made famous by the Vital Spark, was the workhorse of the islands, carrying all kinds of produce and products to and from the islands. During the course of the 20th century many of the islands were developed as tourist resorts for Glaswegians who went "Doon the Watter", in parallel to mainland resorts such as Largs, Troon and Ayr. [9][10]
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Larger islands
This is a list of islands with an area greater than 40 hectares (approximately 100 acres).
The Burnt Islands are three small islands that lie in the Kyles of Bute, Great and Little Cumbrae form a pair that guard the entrance to the main estuary of the River Clyde and Arran has several small outliers. The Kilbrandon Sound between the Isle of Arran and the Kintyre peninsula (itself considered an island by the Norse, since a boat could be dragged across Tarbert, and known as "Satiri")[11] contains several islets. The diverse locations of the remaining islands makes further classification difficult.
| Island | Location | Area (ha)[12] | Population[13] | Last inhabited[14] | Highest point[15] | Height (m)[16] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ailsa Craig | South Ayrshire | 99 | 1980s | The Cairn | 338 | |
| Arran | Arran | 43201 | 5058 | Goat Fell | 874 | |
| Bute | Bute | 12217 | 7228 | Windy Hill | 278 | |
| Davaar | Kintyre | 52 | 2 | 115 | ||
| Great Cumbrae | Bute | 1168 | 1434 | The Glaidstane | 127 | |
| Holy Isle | Arran | 253 | 13 | Mullach Mòr | 314 | |
| Inchmarnock | Bute | 253 | 1980s | 60 | ||
| Little Cumbrae | Bute | 313 | 1990s | Lighthouse Hill | 123 | |
| Sanda | Kintyre | 127 | 1 | 123 |
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Smaller islands
This is a continuing list of uninhabited smaller Firth of Clyde islands, tidal islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, and skerries which are only exposed at lower stages of the tide.
In the vicinity of:
- Arran:
- Pladda
- Eilean na h-Àirde Bàine
- Hamilton Isle
- Bute
- The Burnt Islands: Eilean Mòr, Eilean Fraoich and Eilean Buidhe
- Eilean Dearg
- Eilean Dubh
- Sgat Mòr and Sgat Beag
- The Cumbraes
- The Eileans
- Castle Island
- Trail Isle
- The Broad Islands
- The Clach, The Leug, The Spoig
- Gare Loch
- Green Island
- Kilbrandon Sound
- Eilean Carrach, Skipness
- Cour Island
- Eilean Sunadale
- Eilean Grianain
- Eilean Carrach, Carradale
- An Struthlag
- Island Ross
- Thorn Isle
- Gull Isle
- Loch Fyne
- Eilean Buidhe, Portavadie
- Eilean a' Bhuic
- Eilean Buidhe, Ardmarnock
- Eilean Ardgaddan
- Kilbride Island
- Eilean Math-ghamhna
- Eilean Aoghainn
- Eilean Fraoch
- Glas Eilean
- Liath Eilean
- Eilean Mór
- Heather Island
- Duncuan Island
- Inverneil Island
- Eilean an Dúnain
- Eilean a' Chomhraig
- North Ayrshire coast:
- Horse Isle and Broad Rock, East Islet, Halftide Rock, High Rock, North Islet
- Lady Isle
- Sanda:
- Sheep Island
- Glunimore Island
- Henrietta Reef, Scart Rocks and Paterson's Rock
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Non-islands
The following are not islands and have misleading names:
- Eilean na Beithe, Portavadie
- Eilean Beag, Cove
- Eilean Dubh, Dalchenna
- Eilean nan Gabhar, Melldalloch
- Barmore Island, just north of Tarbert, Kintyre.[17]
- Eilean Aoidh, South of Portavadie, Kyles.
- Eilean Leathan, Kilbrandon Sound just south of Torrisdale Bay
- Islachattan, within Campbeltown Loch
- Island Muller, Kilbrandon Sound north of Campbeltown
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See also
- Hebrides
- Northern Isles
- Islands of the Forth
- List of Orkney islands
- List of Shetland islands
- List of islands of Scotland
- Rathlin Island
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References and footnotes
- General references
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3
- Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London. HarperCollins.
- General Register Office for Scotland (28 Nov 2003)
- Murray, W.H. (1973) The Islands of Western Scotland. London. Eyre Methuen.
- General Register Office for Scotland (28 Nov 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- Specific references and notes
- ^ Various other definitions are used in the Scottish context. For example the General Register Office for Scotland define an island as 'a mass of land surrounded by water, separate from the Scottish mainland' but although they include islands linked by bridges etc. this is not clear from this definition. Haswell-Smith (2004) op cit uses 'an Island is a piece of land or group of pieces of land which is entirely surrounded by water at Lowest Astronomical Tide and to which there is no permanent means of dry access'. This is widely agreed to be unhelpful as it consciously excludes bridged islands.
- ^ Gillen, Con (2003) Geology and landscapes of Scotland. Harpenden. Terra. Page 28.
- ^ Gillen (2003) op cit pages 174-86.
- ^ "Lighthouse Library" Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
- ^ Murray (1973) pp. 113-131.
- ^ Murray (1973) pp. 147-155.
- ^ Murray (1973) pp. 161-171.
- ^ Keay (1994) page 597.
- ^ Keay (1994) page 236.
- ^ McDonald, Dan (1977) The Clyde Puffer. Newton Abbot. David & Charles.
- ^ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
- ^ Haswell-Smith (2004) op cit, save those indicated with an asterisk, which are estimates based on Ordnance Survey maps and General Register Office for Scotland statistics.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 Nov 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands [1]
- ^ For uninhabited islands indicates the last known date of permanent, year round settlement. Information is from Haswell-Smith (2004) op cit save any indicated with a separate footnote.
- ^ Haswell-Smith (2004) op cit and Ordnance Survey maps.
- ^ Ordnance Survey maps. Note that the maps mark the height above sea level of an elevated place on most islands, but in a small number of cases, this may not be the highest point.
- ^ Barmore Island Gazetteer for Scotland Retrieved 1 December 2007.
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