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Newtonferry (Scottish Gaelic: Port nan Long, "the harbour of the ships") [1] is a small crofting community on the island of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland, at the end of the B893 road. [2] Newtonferry is within the parish of North Uist. [3] A number of archaeological sites have been discovered in the vicinity. [4] [5]
North Uist is the tenth-largest Scottish island [49] and the thirteenth-largest island surrounding Great Britain. [50] It has an area of 117 square miles (303 square kilometres), [4] slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula via Grimsay, to Berneray, and to Baleshare.
The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Heisgeir / Heisgeir, pronounced [(elan)ˈheʃkʲəɾʲ] ⓘ), are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands are not to be confused with Hyskeir in the Inner Hebrides, or Haskeir which is also off North Uist and visible from the group.
Tigharry (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh a' Ghearraidh) is a small village on the west of North Uist. It is mostly a farming community. There are a few rocky beaches and one point of interest is Kettle's Cave. Tigharry is within the parish of North Uist and used to have its own chapel, known as St. Clement's and dating from prior to 1654. [1]
Baleshare lies to the south-west of North Uist. Its economics and community were boosted by the building of a causeway in 1962. The 350-metre (380 yd) causeway was built by William Tawse Ltd. [6] The island is extremely flat by Hebridean standards, rising to only 12 metres (39 feet) above sea level and known for its long sandy beach. It has a ...
The nearest permanently inhabited place is North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, 370 kilometres (230 mi; 200 nmi) to the east. [3] The United Kingdom claimed Rockall in 1955 and incorporated it as a part of Scotland in 1972.
As a result the principal Sheriff-Substitute by the surname of Colqhoun along with his officers and a strong body of police left Inverness and headed for Sollas on North Uist to eject the tenants from their homes. As the tenant's homes were demolished they began to throw stones at the men carrying out this work who were then driven from the ...
Loch an Duin is a complex system of freshwater, brackish and sea lochs, tidal channels and islands, on and close to North Uist off the west coast of Scotland.An area of 2,621 hectares has been protected since 1990 as a Ramsar Site.
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