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ID Name
Record Type Description
120886 Stornoway Harbour, Stornoway
Natural Landscape Feature This sheltered natural harbour was named in the early ninth centure by the Vikings as Stjórnavágr (steering bay), and lends…
120741 Black Bay, East Loch Roag
Natural Landscape Feature Black Bay is a small inlet to the south east of Kirkibost pier, and to the west of the Island…
120737 East Loch Roag
Natural Landscape Feature East Loch Roag is a large sea loch, separated by the islands of Bernera and Little Bernera from West Loch…
120736 Loch Risay, East Loch Roag
Natural Landscape Feature Loch Risay is an inlet in East Loch Roag, situated on the northeast coast of Bernera, a half-mile east of…
118187 Sgeir a’ Bhata Reothairt, Sound of Harris
Natural Landscape Feature Sgeir a’ Bhàta Reothairt is also known by the people of Berneray as An Ròbhair, the Rover.
118185 Sight Rock, Sound of Harris (Creag nan Sealladh)
Natural Landscape Feature Sight Rock or Creag nan Sealladh is situated to the east of Opasay. During the 19th century it was known…
118076 Corran na h-Aibhne Moire, Berneray (Corran na h-Aibhne Mòire)
Natural Landscape Feature Corran na h-Aibhne Mòire is where An Abhainn Mhòr entered the sea until 1854, when its route was diverted south…
118075 Abhainn Bhuirgh, Borve, Berneray (Abhainn Bhuirgh)
Natural Landscape Feature Borve's river, Abhainn Bhuirgh, flows across the machair and the cockle beach, An Tràigh Shrùbain, to An t-Os>>, where it…
118074 An t-Os, Borve, Berneray
Natural Landscape Feature Borve's river, Abhainn Bhuirgh, enters the sea at this point, having been diverted from its previous route in 1854.
117448 Rubha na h-Aibhne Duibhe, North Uist
Natural Landscape Feature Tenants of Borve, Berneray including Angus Ferguson used to gather peat at Rubha na h-Aibhne Duibhe during the 18th century.…
117369 Clach an t-Saoir Bhain, Sheabie
Natural Landscape Feature Clach an t-Saoir Bhàin is a light coloured rock to the west of Eilean an Dùnain, near Sheabie. Its name…
117310 Sguman Thormoid Dhuinne, Borve (Sgùman Thormoid Dhuinne)
Natural Landscape Feature Sgùman Thormoid Dhuinne, the mound of brown-haired Norman, was presumably a favourite site of Norman MacDonald, who lived at Pol…
114394 Bodha Chaluim ‘ic Iomhair, Sound of Harris
Natural Landscape Feature Bodha Chaluim ‘ic Iomhair was named for Malcolm Shaw of Ruisgarry.
113433 Sgeir Mheadhan na Traghad
Natural Landscape Feature Sgeir Mheadhan na Tràghad lies within Borve’s tidal loch, known locally as An Tràigh Shrùbain.
113432 Bealach an Od, Borve
Natural Landscape Feature Bealach an Od lies alongside Berneray’s cockle beach, An Tràigh Shrùbain. It would have been an ideal location for the…
113062 Creag Gearraidh a’ Ghobha, Ruisgarry
Natural Landscape Feature Meaning ‘rock of the blacksmith’s pastureland’, Creag Gearraidh a’ Ghobha is sited on the lower slopes of Sandhill, and may…
113057 Bodha Sir William
Natural Landscape Feature This was the rock on which the Sir William Wallace foundered in 1834. Note that its location on the map…
110319 Veilish headland, Udal (Rubha Bheilis)
Natural Landscape Feature
110318 Uilish, Udal (Rubha Huilis)
Natural Landscape Feature The headland at Uilish is to the north of the early settlements on the Udal peninsula.
109638 Ben Scurrival, Eoligarry
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109046 Sruthan na Combraig, Carinish
Natural Landscape Feature The stream Sruthan na Combraig, or Sruthan na Comraich as it is referred to in Beveridge’s North Uist, may have…
109043 Sanctuary Ford, Carinish
Natural Landscape Feature The ford’s name Fadhail na Combraig presumably relates to the sanctuary that would have surrounded Teampall na Trianaid, which lies…
107089 Port Magaidh
Natural Landscape Feature Port Magaidh is a small bay to the south of Berneray, close to the home of Margaret MacMillan.
106837 Loch Leurbost
Natural Landscape Feature
106710 Sgeir Chaluim Iain Oig, North Uist
Natural Landscape Feature Sgeir Chaluim Iain Òig lies to the south west of Na Craobhagan, off the coast of North Uist. It was…