List of Islands of Scotland - Former Islands

Former Islands

The following is a list of places which were formerly islands, but which are no longer so due to silting up, harbour building etc.

• Scalp na Caoraich, Cridhe An Uisge, Rònach and 'Scalp Phàdraig Mhòir - four small islands at the delta of the River Ness in Inverness which were removed in the 19th century.
• Broch of Clickimin is a former island in Loch of Clickimin, Lerwick, in Shetland. Originally an offshore island, the loch became cut off from the sea around 200 BC and the island is now connected to dry land by a permanent causeway.
• Bunglan was once a separate island, but is now connected to Samphrey by two tombolos.
• Eilean-a-beithich was once one of the Slate Islands and located in Easdale Sound. However, it was quarried to a depth of 76 metres (249 ft) below sea level leaving only the outer rim of the island. This was eventually breached by the sea and little visible sign of the island now remains.
• Eilean Chaluim Chille is a former island near Kilmuir on Skye in a now drained loch that was associated with the 13th century Hebridean lord Páll, son of Bálki.
• Inchbroach, also known as Rossie Island, is now part of Montrose harbour.
• Inch of Culter is a former island in the River Dee near Maryculter.
• Innis Bheag or Paterson Island near Portmahomack in Easter Ross is now permanently attached to the Morrich More due to shifting sands.
• Keith Inch (not to be confused with Inchkeith), is now part of Peterhead Harbour, and is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland.
• King's Inch, on which stood Renfrew Castle.
• North Inch, one of the "Inches" in Perth, formerly an island in the River Tay.
• Rosyth Castle also stands on what was once a tidal island in the Firth of Forth, now surrounded by reclaimed land.
• Preston Island, an artificial construction south of Low Valleyfield, has now been fully reclaimed, using ash slurry from Longannet power station.
• Viking Bergen Island, a sunken island of the early Holocene.
• Whiteinch, now an area of Glasgow.