- Historically, the counties of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire have both laid claim to Gruinard Island due to the position of the island in between Gairloch and Ullapool.
- Gruinard Island, by Kevin Walsh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. L Less than a mile offshore, high in the Scottish Highlands, lies Gruinard Island...
- Gruinard Island, in Gruinard Bay, lies by the north Minch, just 1km off the north-western coast of the Scottish mainland.
- The truth was that Gruinard Island had been the site of a clandestine attempt by the UK during World War Two to weaponise anthrax, a deadly bacterial infection.
- In 1986, the government began cleaning up Gruinard Island by spraying down the entire place with a solution of formaldehyde and seawater.
- History and Archaeology of Gruinard. Gruinard is uninhabited now, but back in the 18th century parts of the island were used for farming.
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- Considered Great Britain’s wildest and least inhabited corner, Gruinard Island is located in Gruinard Bay about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool.
- Gruinard, a stunning beautiful Scottish island abused and made infamous as ‘Anthrax Island’. After some hesitation I landed on an un-grazed wild and beautiful...
- One classified project that long remained mysterious took place on Gruinard Island – a small island in the northwest of Scotland.
