Fladda

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Fladda
Location


OS grid reference: NM720123
Names
Gaelic name:
Meaning of name: "flat island"
Area and Summit
Area: ha
Highest elevation:  m
Population
Population (2001): 0


Groupings
Island Group: Slate Islands
Local Authority: Argyll and Bute
Scotland
References: [1][2][3][4]

Fladda is one of the Slate Islands, off the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Fladda is an islet in the Sound of Luing, between Luing and Belnahua. The name Fladda originates from the Old Norse for 'flat island'. Fladda has a lighthouse and lighthousekeepers' cottages built in 1860 by brothers David and Thomas Stevenson. It is home to a large colony of terns.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey
  4. ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. Placenames. Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
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Coordinates: 56°14′56″N 5°40′48″W / 56.24889, -5.68

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