Flodday
There are many small islands in Scotland called Flodday (Scots Gaelic: Flodaigh) or similar and this list provides a guide to their location. The derivation of the name is from the Old Norse floti meaning "raft" or "float".[1] The similar island names Fladda and Flotta are also from the Norse flatr and mean "flat island".[2] Usage is not always consistent in external sources.
Outer Hebrides
[edit]Lewis near Great Bernera/Beàrnaraigh
[edit]- Flodaigh, Lewis (NB105335), in inner Loch Roag, Lewis, opposite the hamlet of Cairisiadar.
- Flodaigh, Outer Loch Ròg (NB120415), in outer Loch Roag, west of the islet of Hairsgeir and south of Bearasaigh.
Harris
[edit]North Uist
[edit]- Flodday, Loch Maddy (NF940695), in Loch Maddy
- Flodaigh Beag (Floddaybeg) (NF917580) (the Gaelic meaning is "small raft island") south east of North Uist.
- Flodaigh Mòr (Floddaymore) (NF913570) (the Gaelic meaning is "big raft island"), south east of North Uist.
Benbecula
[edit]Barra
[edit]- Flodday, Sound of Barra (NF750020), which lies east of Fuiay/Fuidheigh to the north east of Barra.
- Flodday near Vatersay (NL610925), one mile west of Sandray in the Bishop's Isles south of Barra.
Inner Hebrides
[edit]- Eilean Fladday (NG585505), on the north west coast of Raasay, just north of Arnish.
- Fladda, Slate Islands (NM720123), an islet with a lighthouse south east of Belnahua in the Slate Islands.
- Fladda, Treshnish Isles (NM295435) in the Treshnish Isles.
- Staffin Island off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye may have been known as Fladdaidh.[4]
- Fladda-chùain ('flat island of The Minch') (NG365815), an island north of the Trotternish peninsula, Skye.
Orkney
[edit]- Flotta (ND355945), an island in Scapa Flow, Orkney.
- Calf of Flotta (ND380966), an island also in Scapa Flow, near Flotta.
Shetland
[edit]- Flotta (HU375462), an island in Weisdale Voe.
- Fladda (HU215845), an island north of the entrance to Hamna Voe, near the island of Muckle Ossa.
- Fladda (HU375975), an island north of the Mainland in the Ramna Stacks near the island of Gruney.
Main references
[edit]- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- 1:50,000 (Map). Ordnance Survey.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Orkney placenames. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.
- ^ "Fladdaidh" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011.