Summer Isles

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Summer Isles
gaelic_name= Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh
population= 5 (2001 Census)
os_grid_reference= NB992067
latitude= 58.030338
longitude=-5.453436
map_type=Scotland
unitary_scotland= Highlands
lieutenancy_scotland= Ross and Cromarty
constituency_westminster= Ross, Skye and Lochaber
constituency_scottish_parliament=Ross, Skye and Inverness West
post_town= ULLAPOOL
postcode_district = IV26
postcode_area= IV
dial_code= 01854
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static_image_caption=The Summer Isles from Ben Mòr Coigach The Summer Isles ( _gd. 'Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh') are an archipelago lying in the mouth of Loch Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland.

Geography

The only inhabited isle, Tanera Mòr is also the largest. It is home to a salmon farm, a café and a post office, which has operated its own local post and printed its own stamps since 1970. The island has no roads and the only recognisable path goes around the Anchorage, the sheltered bay on the east side of the island. Boats sail to the island from Achiltibuie. [cite web| url=http://www.summer-isles.com| title=Summer Isles website| accessdate=2007-12-15]

maller islands

* Bottle Island
* Eilean Dubh
* Glas-leac Beag
* Glas-leac Mòr
* Horse Island
* Isle Martin
* Priest Island (Eilean a' Chlèirich)
* Isle Ristol
* Eilean Mullagrach
* Tanera Beag
* Càrn nan Sgeir

Conservation

The islands are part of a National Scenic Area.

Frank Fraser Darling, an important figure in the development of Scottish conservation, lived on Tanera Mòr for two years in the 1930s. His book, "Island Years" (published 1940), records his time in the Summer Isles, painting Priest Island as a place of great beauty as well as great wildlife. [cite web| url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/p/priestisland/index.asp| title=Priest Island| publisher=RSPB| accessdate=2007-12-15]

Literature

*The pagan-cult island of "Summerisle" featured in the motion picture "The Wicker Man" (filmed 1973) is sometimes mistakenly associated with this archipelago, but it was filmed around Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway. [ [http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/w/wickerman.html The Wicker Man (1973) filming locations] movie-locations.com. Retrieved 1 August 2008.]
*The Summer Isles feature in a novella of the same name by Ian R. MacLeod [cite web| url=http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/summerisles.html| title=review of I R MacLeod book| author=Steven H Silver| accessdate=2007-12-15]

References

External links

* [http://robinwilson.net/summerisles2/summerisles.html Panorama of the Summer Isles] (QuickTime required)