List of Islands of Scotland - Bridged Islands

Bridged Islands

Many of Scotland's islands are connected to the mainland and/or other islands by bridge or causeway. Although some people consider them no longer to be islands, they are generally treated as such.

Outer Hebrides

Many of the islands of the southern Outer Hebrides have been joined to other islands by causeways and bridges. These include:

• Baleshare
• Benbecula
• Berneray
• Eriskay
• Grimsay
• North Uist
• South Uist
• Vatersay, which joined to Barra, but not to the above islands.

To the north, Scalpay and Great Bernera are connected to Lewis and Harris.

Inner Hebrides

• The Isle of Skye is connected to the mainland by the Skye Bridge which now incorporates Eilean Bàn.
• Eilean Donan by causeway to the mainland
• Eriska by causeway to the mainland
• Seil (to mainland) via Telford's 1792 "Bridge over The Atlantic".
• Danna by causeway to the mainland

Orkney Islands

Similarly, four Orkney islands are joined to the Orkney Mainland by a series of causeways known as the Churchill Barriers. They are:

• South Ronaldsay
• Burray
• Lamb Holm
• Glims Holm

Hunda is in turn connected to Burray via a causeway.

South Walls and Hoy are connected by a causeway called the Ayre. The islands are treated as one entity (Hoy) by the UK census.

An undersea tunnel between the archipelago and Caithness, at a length of about 9–10 miles (14–16 km) and a tunnel connecting Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed, although little has come of it.

Shetland Islands

Several Shetland islands are joined to the Shetland Mainland:

• West Burra and East Burra (via Trondra)
• Muckle Roe
• Trondra
• Broch of Clickimin is a freshwater islet joined to the mainland by a stone causeway.

There is also a bridge from Housay to Bruray.

Others

Various other islands are also connected by bridges or causeways, to the mainland or other islands, including:

• Inchgarvie (part of Forth Bridge), thus joined to both Fife and Lothian on the Mainland.
• Garbh Eilean at the entrance to Loch Glencoul is now joined to the mainland by both the Kylesku Bridge to the south and its associated roadworks to the north.
• Innis Chonan, an inhabited island in Loch Awe is connected to the mainland by a small road bridge.