Moncreiffe Island

Moncreiffe Island
Gaelic name Monadh Craoibhe
Meaning of name Moorland of the Tree
Location
Moncreiffe Island
Moncreiffe Island shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NO122220
Physical geography
Island group River Tay
Area 46 ha
Area rank 209 (Freshwater: 7) [1]
Highest elevation 5 m
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Perth and Kinross
Demographics
Population 3[2]
Population rank 80= (Freshwater: 2=) [1]
Pop. density 6.5 people/km2[2][3]
References [4][5]

Moncreiffe Island, also known as Friarton Island divides the River Tay into two channels as it flows through Perth in Scotland. It is crossed by the railway line to Dundee.

History

Moncreiffe House was built in 1679, by the architect Sir William Bruce. It incorporated an older tower house and burned down[6] in November 1957, claiming the life of Sir David Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 10th Baronet, the twenty-third Laird of Clan Moncreiffe. This tragedy led to the chiefship of the great Scottish herald and historian Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet.

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.

Wildlife

There are Wild Onions (Ramsons), Common Bluebells, Sweet Cicely, Broom and Dog Violets.[7]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  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. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordinance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Scottish Clan Names: Moncrieffe". Perthshire-Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  7. ↑ "Wildlife on Tay". Retrieved 2007-08-24.

Coordinates: 56°22′55″N 3°25′23″W / 56.38194°N 3.42306°W / 56.38194; -3.42306


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