Black Isle

noun

1. a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths

Word History and Origins

Origin of Black Isle¹

so called because until the late 18th century much of it was uncultivated black moor

Example Sentences

And in 2017, thousands of starfish were stranded on a beach on Black Isle on the Moray Firth over a period of weeks due to starballing.

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The council report is due to be discussed at a meeting of the Black Isle and Easter Ross area committee next week.

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Ms Fraser told the BBC she had been visiting the McCulloch brothers - her second cousins - every fortnight for years, at their farm near Muir of Ord on the Black Isle.

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Ms Grist, from Black Isle, near Inverness, has had her condition since birth and has to be wrapped in bandages.

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The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said the rivers Annan and Nith, the Black Isle and Western Isles had a "significant" water scarcity situation.

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