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 |
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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. |
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. |