Staffin Island
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 Staffin Island from The Quirang | |
| Location | |
  Staffin Island Staffin Island shown relative to Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG491693 |
| Coordinates | 57°38′24″N 6°12′18″W / 57.64°N 6.205°W |
| Name | |
| Name meaning | Norse for "flat island"[1] |
| Old Norse name | Flat-ey[2] |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Skye |
| Area | 22 ha[3] |
Highest elevation | c. 10 metres (33 ft)[4] |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| References | [4] |
Staffin Island,[4][5] also known as Stenscholl Island or Fladdaidh,[2] is an uninhabited[6] islet in Staffin Bay, off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.
In 2011 it was reported that the island may be the last in Scotland where the old tradition of having cattle swim between grazings is still carried out. Crofter Iain MacDonald, who used to swim with the animals, now uses a boat to encourage them to swim from Staffin Island to Skye in early spring and back again in October.[7]
"The Hut on Staffin Island" is a tune composed by Phil Cunningham.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Orkney placenames. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Fladdaidh" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- 1 2 3 Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ↑ Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 174
- ↑ "Staffin Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ↑ "Skye crofter 'last' to swim his cattle between grazings" (11 February 2011) BBC News. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Hut on Staffin Island" nigelgatherer.com. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
References
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- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Goireasan Cànain / Language Resources - Tadhail is Ionnsaich : Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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57°38′38″N 6°12′19″W / 57.64389°N 6.20528°W