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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.
118075 Abhainn Bhuirgh, Borve, Berneray
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…
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…
109638 Ben Scurrival, Eoligarry
Natural Landscape Feature
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.
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…
106014 Bagh Choinnich, Berneray
Natural Landscape Feature Bàgh Choinnich was named either for ferryman Kenneth Morrison (born 1861) of Ferry or for his grandfather, who had the…
105991 Bodha Choinnich, Berneray
Natural Landscape Feature Bodha Choinnich is a searock named for ferryman Kenneth Morrison of Borve and his grandson, who shared the same name.…
105867 Sgeir Mhic Asgaill or Bodha Iain Domhnullaich, Berneray
Natural Landscape Feature This skerry or searock is situated to the west of Berneray, to the SSE of Manais Point. It was previously…
105722 Sgeir Mhic Aonghais, Sound of Harris
Natural Landscape Feature Sgeir Mhic Aonghais is situated to the north of the isle of Groay, and was named for Finlay Paterson of…
105519 Sgeir na Cloiche, Sound of Harris
Natural Landscape Feature ‘Skerry of the Stone’ is located in the Sound of Harris, between Rangas and the Grey Skerry. It has a…
105413 Sgeir an Tailleir, Pol an Oir
Natural Landscape Feature Sgeir an Tàilleir is the smaller of two rocks lying off Pol an Òir. It was previously named Gillespie’s Skerry…
105411 Bogha an Tailleir, Pol an Oir
Natural Landscape Feature Bogha an Tàilleir is the larger of two rocks. It was previously named Gillespie’s Rock for Gillespie (Archibald) Morrison, a…
105375 Cnoc Neill Shaighdeir, Pol an Oir
Natural Landscape Feature Cnoc Nèill Shaighdeir is a knoll situated at Pol an Oir close to Borve crossroads, named for Neil MacAskill who…
104936 Bodha Ruairidh Oig, Sound of Harris
Natural Landscape Feature Bodha Ruairidh Òig is a skerry named after lobster fisherman Roderick Ferguson of 16 Borve, Berneray.