Fitherae (airchaically "Fidrey"[5] or " Fetheray"[6]) is an uninhabitit island in the Firth o Forth, 4 kilometre (2.5 mi) north-wast o Northbarrick, on the east coast o Scotland.

Fitherae
Gaelic nameFiodra
Norse nameFiðrey
Meanin o nameNorse for "feather island"[1]
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Location
Fitherae is located in East Lowden
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Fitherae shawn within Scotland
OS grid referenceNT5186
Coordinates56°04′N 2°47′W / 56.07°N 2.78°W / 56.07; -2.78
Physical geography
Island groupIslands o the Forth
Auriec. 10 ha
Heichest elevationc. 20 m
Admeenistration
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
KintraScotland
Cooncil aurieEast Lowden
Demografics
Population0
References[2][3][4]

References eedit

  1. Ryder, N.L. "Displacement of bone waste by seagulls" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) Circaea: The Bulletin of the Association for Environmental Archaeology. 6 No. 2 (1990) University of York. p. 85. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  2. General Register Office for Scotland (28 Nov 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 July 2007.
  3. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. Ordnance Survey
  5. Lewis, Samuel (1846). "Faifley - Fifeshire". A Topographical. Retrieved 18 Juin 2008.
  6. Skene, W. F. (November 1862) "Of the early Frisian Settlements in Scotland". Antiquaries of Scotland. 4 Part 1.

Coordinates: 56°04′23″N 2°47′0″W / 56.07306°N 2.78333°W / 56.07306; -2.78333