| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Natural Landscape Feature |
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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 |
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| 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… |