Vallay
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Vallay | |
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Location | |
Vallay shown within Scotland. | |
OS grid reference: | NF769763 |
Names | |
Gaelic name: | Bhàlaigh |
Meaning of name: | hill island |
Area and Summit | |
Area: | 260 ha |
Area rank (Scottish islands): | 95 |
Highest elevation: | 38 m |
Population | |
Population (2001): | 0
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Groupings | |
Island Group: | Outer Hebrides |
Local Authority: | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
References: | [1][2][3] |
Vallay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhàlaigh) is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It is linked to North Uist by a long beach at low tide.
Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people, but its best known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments.
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.