Rough Island, Scotland

Rough Island, Scotland

:"Rough Island" is also used as a translation of "Garbh Eilean", a common Scottish name for islands"

Rough Island is a tidal island in Rough Firth off the Solway Firth, Scotland. It is 24 m at its highest point. [ [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst17136.html Gazetteer for Scotland] ]

Since 1937 it has been in the ownership of the National Trust for Scotland. The island is a bird sanctuary accessible across the the causeway accessible from Kippford when the tides allow but visitors should avoid doing this during the months of May and June to avoid disturbing the nesting oystercatchers and ringed plovers. [ [http://www.iknow-scotland.co.uk/tourist_information/south_west/castle_douglas/dalbeattie_birdwatching_golf.htm Tourism website] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/53/ National Trust for Scotland page]
*oscoor gbx|NX843532


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Rough Island — may refer to: * Rough Island (Maryland) an island in Maryland, US * Rough Island, Scotland …   Wikipedia

  • Scotland in the High Middle Ages — The history of Scotland in the High Middle Ages covers Scotland in the era between the death of Domnall II in 900 AD and the death of king Alexander III in 1286, which led indirectly to the Scottish Wars of Independence.In the tenth and eleventh… …   Wikipedia

  • Tidal island — A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands many of them have been sites of… …   Wikipedia

  • Hestan Island — is a small coastal island in the Solway Firth, southwest Scotland. Hestan island in the Solway Hestan Island lies at the mouth of Auchencairn Bay [1] in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire. A lighthouse …   Wikipedia

  • Mountains and hills of Scotland — Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. The area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault is known as the Highlands, and contains the country s main mountain ranges. Scotland s mountain ranges, in a rough north to… …   Wikipedia

  • History of Scotland — The history of Scotland begins around 10,000 years ago, when humans first began to inhabit Scotland after the end of the Devensian glaciation, the last ice age. Of the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age civilization that existed in the country,… …   Wikipedia

  • Geography of Scotland — Continent Europe …   Wikipedia

  • Fauna of Scotland — The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the north west European part of the Palearctic ecozone, although several of the country s larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times and human activity has also led to various species… …   Wikipedia

  • Economy of Scotland — The economy of Scotland is closely linked with the rest of the United Kingdom and the wider European Economic Area, it is essentially a mixed economy. Scotland has the third largest GDP per capita of any region in the United Kingdom after the… …   Wikipedia

  • Mary I of Scotland — Infobox British Royalty|Scottish|monarch name = Mary I title = Queen of Scots; Queen consort of France caption = Portrait by François Clouet s school, c. 1560 reign = 14 December 1542 ndash; 24 July 1567 coronation = 9 September 1543 predecessor …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”