Burnt Islands

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There is also a town named Burnt Islands on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, Canada and and a town named Burntisland, on the east coast of Scotland.

The Burnt Islands is the collective title for three small islands that lie in the Kyles of Bute off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.

The islands are located at grid reference NS017752.

Individually the Islands are known by their Gaelic names. From the largest to the smallest they are Eilean Mór (Large Island), Eilean Fraoich (Heather Island) and Eilean Buidhe (Yellow Island).

Oddly only the smallest of these tiny islets, Eilean Buidhe, shows any sign of ever having been permanently inhabited having the remains of a vitrified fort on it. Eilean Mór, huge in comparison supports only a little stunted woodland at its northern end.

All water going traffic that travels through the kyles has to negotiate the narrow sound that separates Eilean Buidhe from Eilean Mór and Eilean Fraoich. These narrows are marked on either side by several light beacons.

A little to the west Eilean Dubh (Black Island) lies at the entrance to Loch Riddon and to the north Eilean Dearg lies within the loch.