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Location of Ardvourlie Castle in Outer Hebrides Ardvourlie Castle is a 19th-century country house on Harris , one of the Western Isles off the north-west coast of Scotland . The house was built beside Loch Seaforth in 1863 as a hunting lodge on the North Harris Estate, for Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore , the then owner of the island. [ 1 ]
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Great Bernera (/ ˈ b ɜːr n ə r ə /; Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh Mòr), often known just as Bernera (Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh), is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over 21 square kilometres (8 square miles), it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island. [4]
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle is a large 19th-century private country house on Harris, one of the Western Isles of Scotland. It was designated as a Category A listed building in 1971 [ 1 ] and is now operated as a hotel and shooting estate.
Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh), also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of 543 hectares (1,340 acres).
Tower house: 14th century: Ruined: Benbecula: Calvay Castle: Uncertain: Ruined: The local community through Stòras Uibhist [1] Calvay Island, Loch Boisdale, South Uist: Bonnie Prince Charlie hid here in June 1746, while fleeing from the Duke of Cumberland's troops after the Battle of Culloden. [2] [3] Kisimul Castle: Tower house: Restored
The Hebrides.The Outer Hebrides (in orange) lie to the west with the Inner Hebrides closer to the mainland of Scotland in the east. Satellite pictures of Outer Hebrides. The Outer Hebrides is a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of mainland Scotland.
Canna (/ ˈ k æ n ə /; Scottish Gaelic: Canaigh, Eilean Chanaigh) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide.