Gruinart Flats

Designations
Official nameGruinart Flats, Islay
Designated14 July 1988
Reference no.401[1]
Southern edge of Gruinart Flats.

The Gruinart Flats is a low-lying landform on the western part of the isle of Islay in Scotland. The locale is an important conservation area, having been designated as an SSSI. Much of the Gruinart Flats is a marshy area operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. This vicinity is known to be an early habitation site by Mesolithic peoples.[2]

  1. ^ "Gruinart Flats, Islay". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Hunter-gatherer landscape archaeology: the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic. 2001. p. 139