Moncreiffe Island, also known as Friarton Island, is an island in

Perth, Scotland Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population o ...

. It divides the

River Tay The River Tay ( gd, Tatha, ; probably from the conjectured Brythonic ''Tausa'', possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing') is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain. The Tay originates ...

into two channels as it flows through Perth, and is crossed by the single-track

Tay Viaduct The Tay Viaduct, also known as the West Railway Bridge, is a single-track railway viaduct in Perth, Scotland, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is around long. It carries the Scottish Central Railway, via a pronounced curve, across the Ri ...

, carrying the

Scottish Central Railway The Scottish Central Railway was formed in 1845 to link Perth and Stirling to Central Scotland, by building a railway line to join the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway near Castlecary. The line opened in 1848 including a branch to South Alloa. The ...

Land use

The King James VI Golf Course is situated on and covers much of the island with the remaining land used for allotments. At the 2011 census, it is the only permanently inhabited freshwater island in Scotland which is not on

Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ...

Wildlife

There are

wild garlic Plant species in the genus ''Allium'' known as wild garlic include the following: *''Allium canadense'', wild onion *'' Allium carinatum'', keeled garlic *'' Allium drummondii'', Drummond's onion *''Allium ochotense'', Siberian onion *'' Allium ole ...

common bluebell ''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' (formerly ''Endymion non-scriptus'' or ''Scilla non-scripta'') is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant. It is k ...

s, sweet cicely,

broom A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. I ...

and

dog violet Dog violet is the common name for various species of the plant genus ''Viola'' with unscented flowers. The term arose to differentiate them from the scented sweet violet. Species so named include: *''Viola canina'' – heath dog violet *'' Viola l ...

s. The island is also frequently used by beavers.

References

External links

PanoramaKing James VI Golf Club
River islands of Scotland Landforms of Perth, Scotland Islands of the Tay Islands of Perth and Kinross {{PerthKinross-geo-stub