Islands_of_Fleet

Islands of Fleet

Islands of Fleet

Group of small islands in Galloway, Scotland

The Islands of Fleet are a group of small islands in Galloway, Scotland. They are in Fleet Bay, which is part of Wigtown Bay, and is in turn part of the Solway Firth in the Irish Sea. There are three main islands.

  • Murray Isles, owned by the National Trust for Scotland, with the small rock "Horse Mark" off it.
  • Ardwall Isle (Ard Bhaile - high town), which has a cairn and the remains of a chapel on it, and has the "Old Man of Fleet" off it. The largest of the three, it is approximately 19 hectares (47 acres) in extent.[1]
  • Barlocco Island, with the "Three Brethren" off it. Barlocco Island is about 10 hectares (25 acres). It has a pebble beach where a boat can be anchored or beached. At low tide it is accessible on foot, by tractor, or quad bike.[2]

Ardwall Isle

Ardwall Isle, Barlocco Isle, and the Murray Isles are four of 43 tidal islands that can be walked to from the mainland of Great Britain and two of 17 that can be walked to from the Scottish mainland.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Rick Livingstone's Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Barlocco Island, Borgue, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, DG6 4UD". Galbraith. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. [3]
    Peter Caton (2011) No Boat Required - Exploring Tidal Islands. Matador.

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