Isle Ristol

Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=58.044
longitude=-05.437
GridReference=NB971112
celtic name=Eilean Ruisteil
norse name=
meaning of name= 'island with the horse valley' from Gaelic and Norse.
area= 225 ha
area rank= 104
highest elevation= 71 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Summer Isles
local authority=Hghland
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.] [ [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesF-J.pdf Pàrlamaid na h-Alba placenames] ] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] [cite web| title=Isle Ristol| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1691.html| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2007-07-16]

Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve.

Lying roughly 12 miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay. Access is by boat from Old Dornie.

Over 50 higher species have been identified amongst the flora on the Isle Ristol machair, amongst which are moonwort and adder’s tongue. [cite web| title=SWT Reserve: Isle Ristol| url=http://www.swt.org.uk/wildlife/popup_reserves/north/isleristol.htm| accessdate=2007-07-16]

Isle Ristol was a site of a British Fishery Society station in the late 18^th century.

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