Isle Ristol

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

Isle Ristol

Scottish Gaelic name	Eilean Ruisteil
Meaning of name	'island with the horse valley' from Gaelic and Norse.
Isle Ristol from the air
Location
Isle Ristol Isle Ristol shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NB971112
Coordinates	58.044°N 05.437°W / 58.044; -05.437
Physical geography
Island group	Summer Isles
Area	225 ha (7⁄8 sq mi)[1]
Area rank	103 [2]
Highest elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Administration
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0[3]
References	[4][5][6]

Lying roughly 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay. Access is by boat from Old Dornie.

Over fifty higher species have been identified amongst the flora on the Isle Ristol machair, amongst which are moonwort and adder's tongue.^[7]

Isle Ristol was a site of a British Fishery Society station in the late 18th century.^[4]

View south, over Altandhu, of Isle Ristol, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, with Eilean Mullagrach to the right