Flodday

There are many small islands in Scotland called Flodday (Scots Gaelic: Flodaigh) or similar and this list provides a guide to their location. The derivation of the name is from the Old Norse floti meaning "raft" or "float".^[1] The similar island names Fladda and Flotta have Norse flatr as their first element and mean "flat island".^[2] Usage is not always consistent in external sources.

Outer Hebrides

Lewis near Great Bernera/Beàrnaraigh

Flodaigh, Lewis (NB105335), in inner Loch Roag, Lewis, opposite the hamlet of Cairisiadar.
Flodaigh, Outer Loch Ròg (NB120415), in outer Loch Roag, west of the islet of Hairsgeir and south of Bearasaigh.

Harris

Fladday (NA993152), between Scarp and Harris.

North Uist

Flodday, Loch Maddy (NF940695), in Loch Maddy
Flodaigh Beag (Floddaybeg) (NF917580) (the Gaelic meaning is "small raft island") south east of North Uist.
Flodaigh Mòr (Floddaymore) (NF913570) (the Gaelic meaning is "big raft island"), south east of North Uist.

Benbecula

Flodaigh (also referred to as "Flodda"^[3]) (NF845555), a tidal island to the north of Benbecula.

Barra

Flodday, Sound of Barra (NF750020), which lies east of Fuiay/Fuidheigh to the north east of Barra.
Flodday near Vatersay (NL610925), one mile west of Sandray in the Bishop's Isles south of Barra.

Inner Hebrides

Eilean Fladday (NG585505), on the north west coast of Raasay, just north of Arnish.
Fladda, Slate Islands (NM720123), an islet with a lighthouse south east of Belnahua in the Slate Islands.
Fladda, Treshnish Isles (NM295435) in the Treshnish Isles.
Staffin Island off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye may have been known as Fladdaidh.^[4]
Fladda-chùain ('flat island of The Minch') (NG365815), an island north of the Trotternish peninsula, Skye.

Orkney

Flotta (ND355945), an island in Scapa Flow, Orkney.
Calf of Flotta (ND380966), an island also in Scapa Flow, near Flotta.

Shetland

Flotta (HU375462), an island in Weisdale Voe.
Fladda (HU215845), an island north of the entrance to Hamna Voe, near the island of Muckle Ossa.
Fladda (HU375975), an island north of the Mainland in the Ramna Stacks near the island of Gruney.

Main references

Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
1:50,000 (Map). Ordnance Survey.

Footnotes

↑ Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
↑ Orkney placenames Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
↑ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.
↑ "Fladdaidh" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[1] Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

[2] Orkney placenames Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

[GRO-3] General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.

[4] "Fladdaidh" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

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