Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, UK. It is separated right into highland and also lowland locations by the Highland Boundary Fault. Previously a constituent island of the larger Area of Bute, it is now part of the council location of Argyll and also Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of simply over 10% from the number of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations in its entirety growing by 4% to 103,702 for the very same period. The name "Bute" is of unclear beginning. Watson as well as Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), possibly in reference to signal fires. This reference to beacon fires might date from the Viking period, when the island was most likely known to the Norse as Bót. Various other feasible derivations consist of Brythonic budh ("corn"), "victory", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no most likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was also understood during the Viking era as Rothesay, perhaps referring to the personal name Roth or Roderick as well as the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was ultimately taken by the primary town on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("town of Bute").