Vallay
Sign in to saveVallay () is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide.
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- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.caption
- Vallay shown within the Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NF769763
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Bhàlaigh
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- hill island
- Scottish island.area rank
- 94
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.local authority
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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Vallay () is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide.
thumb|left|Southeast coast of Vallay seen from Solas. thumb|left|The abandoned mansion of Erskine Beveridge in July 2004 Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people. Its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments.
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