Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Soay

Soay.-- island, Bracadale par., Skye island, Inverness-shire, at entrance to Loch Scavaig, pop. 102; measures 1¾ mile by 3 miles, is nearly bisected by two bays, and rises to an alt. of 455 ft.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Bracadale ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Soay

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