Gaelic name Bhàlaigh OS grid reference NF769763 Highest elevation 38 m | Meaning of name hill island Area rank 94 Area 2.6 km² Lieutenancy area Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | |
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Island groups British Isles, Outer Hebrides | ||
Vallay house north uist scotland
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.
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Map of Vallay, United Kingdom
Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people, its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments.
It is the smallest Scottish island to have an area greater than 1 square mile (2.59 square kilometres).
Vallay house north uist
References
Vallay Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA