Isle Ristol Explained

Location Map:Scotland Sutherland
Official Name:Isle Ristol
Coordinates:58.044°N -5.437°W
Gridreference:NB971112
Celtic Name:Eilean Ruisteil
Meaning Of Name:'island with the horse valley' from Gaelic and Norse.
Area:225frac=8NaNfrac=8[1]
Area Rank:103
Highest Elevation:710NaN0
Population:0
Local Authority:Highland
References:[2] [3]

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

Lying roughly 12miles 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.[4]

Isle Ristol was a site of a British Fishery Society station in the late 18th century.[2]

References

58.0442°N -5.4372°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Isle Ristol. Gazetteer for Scotland. 16 July 2007.
  2. Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
  3. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 15 Loch Assynt (Lochinver & Kylesku). 9780319231265. Ordnance Survey. 2012.
  4. Web site: SWT Reserve: Isle Ristol . 2007-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070714132948/http://www.swt.org.uk/wildlife/popup_reserves/north/isleristol.htm . 14 July 2007 . dead .