Moncreiffe Island

Moncreiffe Island, also known as Friarton Island, is an island in Perth, Scotland. It divides the River Tay into two channels as it flows through Perth, and is crossed by the single-track Tay Viaduct, carrying the Scottish Central Railway.

Moncreiffe Island

Scottish Gaelic name	Monadh Craoibhe
Meaning of name	Moorland of the Tree
The island around 1880, looking northwest to the centre of Perth
Location
Moncreiffe Island Moncreiffe Island shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NO122220
Coordinates	56.38°N 3.42°W / 56.38; -3.42
Physical geography
Island group	River Tay
Area	46 ha (110 acres)
Area rank	209 (Freshwater: 7) [1]
Highest elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Administration
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	3[2]
Population rank	80= (Freshwater: 2=) [1]
Population density	6.5 people/km2[2][3]
References	[4][5]

One half of the island is within Perth; the other is within Kinnoull parish.^[6]

Land use

Allotments belonging to The Perth Working Men's Garden Association.

The King James VI Golf Course is situated on and covers much of the island with the remaining land used for allotments.

At the 2011 census, it is the only permanently inhabited freshwater island in Scotland which is not on Loch Lomond.

Wildlife

There are wild garlic, common bluebells, sweet cicely, broom and dog violets.^[7] The island is also frequently used by beavers.

References

1. Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
2. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
3. General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
4. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
5. Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
6. Lewis, Samuel (1851). A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Comprising the Several Countries, Islands, Cities, Burgh and Market Towns, Parishes, and Principal Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions: Embellished with a Large Map of Scotland, and Engravings of the Seals and Arms of the Different Burghs and Universities. p. 89.
7. "Wildlife on Tay". Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

External links

• Panorama
• King James VI Golf Club

56°22′55″N 3°25′23″W