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History and Mystery

  1. Explore Uist through time with a brand new Augmented Reality archaeology app which lets you see the original sites as they would have been 6000 years ago, in the modern day landscape.
  2. Sea bindweed - bonnie pronce charlies flower, eriskay
    Official tourist guide to the Bonnie Prince Charlie trail in the Outer Hebrides

Island Highlights

Facilities at Calanais Visitor Centre in 2024

The Calanais Visitor Centre is the Visitor Centre for the Callanish Standing Stones. The Centre has a small gift shop, cafe and interpretation centre for the 'Story of the Stones'.

Aerial photo of the Taigh Chearsabhagh building, looking towards Lochmaddy Pier and Lee.

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre is a place where people can meet, share ideas, learn new skills and experience cultural interpretation that is imaginative and stimulating.

Clan Mackenzie Monument at Seaforth Head

Kinloch Historical Society is located on the main road between Stornoway and Tarbert, A859. It includes a museum and archive covering various aspects of community life, and information about the…

Delve into the past....

  1. Gearannan Blackhouse village, lewis
    Gearrannan (Garenin) is a restored blackhouse village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis
    1. 1st January 202431st December 2024
  2. St Clements Church is situated in the village of Rodel, South Harris. Construction started around 1520 by Alexander MacLeod of Dunvegan and Harris.
    1. Our Lady of the Isles is a statue of the Madonna and Child by sculptor Hew Lorimer. Erected in 1957 on the west slope of Reuval overlooking the sea, it is a fantastic viewpoint.
    2. A monument in memory of those lost in the Annie Jane maritime disaster in 1853.
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    1. Cladh Hallan overhead
      Virtual Cladh Hallan
      Uist Unearthed App - Clad Hallan
      Child posing in front of virtual Cladh Hallan
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      Virtual Cladh Hallan from phone app
      Uist Unearthed signpost
      Cladh Hallan overhead
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      Uist Unearthed App - Clad Hallan
      Child posing in front of virtual Cladh Hallan
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      Daliburgh, Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SS

      Isle of South Uist

      Download the Uist Unearthed app and step back 3500 years ago to explore conjoined Bronze Age roundhouses nestled in the Daliburgh machair.

      Add Uist Unearthed - Location A - Cladh Hallan Roundhouses to your Itinerary

    2. Cill Donnain pannoramic photo in machair land
      Interior of Cill Donnain with a fire lit
      Cill Donnain viewed through phone app
      Virtual Cill Donnain up close
      Uist Unearthed signpost
      Cill Donnain pannoramic photo in machair land
      Interior of Cill Donnain with a fire lit
      Cill Donnain viewed through phone app
      Virtual Cill Donnain up close
      Uist Unearthed signpost

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      Daliburgh, Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SS

      Isle of South Uist

      Download the Uist Unearthed app and step back 2000 years ago, to explore Cill Donnain Iron Age wheelhouse. Duck inside Cill Donnain’s impressively corbelled drystone cells: what will you discover inside?

      Add Uist Unearthed - Location B - Cill Donnain to your Itinerary

    3. Aerial photo of the Taigh Chearsabhagh building, looking towards Lochmaddy Pier and Lee.
      Photo of a museum exhibition with a mannequin's head in a feathered headdress, and photos in the background.
      Close up photo of someone working in the print workshop with books and art work materials.
      Photo of the Taigh Chearsbhagh cafe tables taken from above.
      Photo of Taigh Chearsabhagh taken on a dark moonlit evening, showing the tide line lighting installation round the building.
      Photo of an art exhibition in the Gallery, with a large drawing and artwork on a wall and table.
      Photo of a museum exhibition with a dressed mannequin and photos and artefacts in the background.
      Photo of bagpipes placed on a chair, with the Taigh Chearsabhagh logo in blue lighting behind.
      Image of a page of Gaelic text in a book, in green colouring, with the Duilleag Reading Group title above.
      Photo of the Taigh Chearsabhagh building taken from a boat on the sea below.
      Aerial photo of the Taigh Chearsabhagh building, looking towards Lochmaddy Pier and Lee.
      Photo of a museum exhibition with a mannequin's head in a feathered headdress, and photos in the background.
      Close up photo of someone working in the print workshop with books and art work materials.
      Photo of the Taigh Chearsbhagh cafe tables taken from above.
      Photo of Taigh Chearsabhagh taken on a dark moonlit evening, showing the tide line lighting installation round the building.
      Photo of an art exhibition in the Gallery, with a large drawing and artwork on a wall and table.
      Photo of a museum exhibition with a dressed mannequin and photos and artefacts in the background.
      Photo of bagpipes placed on a chair, with the Taigh Chearsabhagh logo in blue lighting behind.
      Image of a page of Gaelic text in a book, in green colouring, with the Duilleag Reading Group title above.
      Photo of the Taigh Chearsabhagh building taken from a boat on the sea below.

      Address

      Lochmaddy, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5AA

      Telephone

      01870 603970

      Isle of North Uist

      Awards

      • Other Awards Outer Hebrides Tourism Member 2020Outer Hebrides Tourism Member

      Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre is a place where people can meet, share ideas, learn new skills and experience cultural interpretation that is imaginative and stimulating.

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      • Baby Changing Facilities Available
      • Children Welcome
      • Children's Menu Available
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    4. Address

      Callanish, Callanish, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9DY

      Isle of Lewis

      Awards

      • Other Awards Outer Hebrides Tourism Member 2020Outer Hebrides Tourism Member

      The Calanais Visitor Centre is the Visitor Centre for the Callanish Standing Stones. The Centre has a small gift shop, cafe and interpretation centre for the 'Story of the Stones'.

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      • Children Welcome

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      • Dairy Free
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      • On Public Transport Route

      Add Facilities at Calanais Visitor Centre in 2024 to your Itinerary

    5. Virtual Dun an Sticir from a distance
      Uist Unearthed signpost in front of loch
      A fire lit inside the Dun
      Dun an Sticir from loch edge
      Uist Unearthed signpost in front of ruins
      The Dun from a distance
      Uist Unearthed signpost with the Dun in the background
      Virtual Dun an Sticir from a distance
      Uist Unearthed signpost in front of loch
      A fire lit inside the Dun
      Dun an Sticir from loch edge
      Uist Unearthed signpost in front of ruins
      The Dun from a distance
      Uist Unearthed signpost with the Dun in the background

      Address

      Daliburgh, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SS

      Isle of North Uist

      Download the Uist Unearthed app and discover two sites in one at Dùn an Sticir! Watch the animation about the downfall of one of Dùn an Sticir’s most dastardly residents, created by the pupils of Sgoil Uibhist a Tuath!

      Add Uist Unearthed -Location E - Dùn an Sticir to your Itinerary

    6. Virtual Bornais from a distance
      Group of children next to virtual hut with fire burning inside
      Virtual Bornais with person standing next to it
      Uist Unearthed signpost
      Virtual Bornais closer
      Virtual Bornais from a distance
      Group of children next to virtual hut with fire burning inside
      Virtual Bornais with person standing next to it
      Uist Unearthed signpost
      Virtual Bornais closer

      Address

      Daliburgh, Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SS

      Isle of South Uist

      Download the Uist Unearthed app and reveal an impressive Viking longhouse, which dominated the Bornais machair 1100 years ago.

      Add Uist Unearthed - Location C - Bornais to your Itinerary

    7. Dun Torcuill view through phone app
      Uist Unearthed signpost
      Dun Torcuill from a distance
      Dun Torcuill view through phone app
      Uist Unearthed signpost
      Dun Torcuill from a distance

      Address

      Daliburgh, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SS

      Isle of North Uist

      Download the Uist Unearthed app and discover more about this mastery of Iron Age drystone engineering. How were brochs roofed? Play the Build a Broch game to learn more about this archaeological debate.

      Add Uist Unearthed - Location D - Dùn Torcuill to your Itinerary

    8. Clan Mackenzie Monument at Seaforth Head
      Museum interior
      Museum Displays in Kinloch Community Hub.
      Loch Erisort in Winter
      Clan Mackenzie Monument at Seaforth Head
      Museum interior
      Museum Displays in Kinloch Community Hub.
      Loch Erisort in Winter

      Address

      Community Hub, Balallan, Kinloch, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9PN

      Telephone

      01851 830778

      Kinloch, Isle of Lewis

      Awards

      • Other Awards Outer Hebrides Tourism Member 2020Outer Hebrides Tourism Member

      Kinloch Historical Society is located on the main road between Stornoway and Tarbert, A859. It includes a museum and archive covering various aspects of community life, and information about the area’s links to Clan Mackenzie.

      Facilities

      Languages Spoken

      • Gaelic Speaking

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      Children

      • Baby Changing Facilities Available

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      • Disabled Access

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      • Disabled Parking

      Add Kinloch Historical Society to your Itinerary

    9. TripAdvisor Traveller Rating

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      Address

      Town Hall, 2 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS1 2DB

      Telephone

      01851 702269

      Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

      Awards

      • Other Awards Outer Hebrides Tourism Member 2020Outer Hebrides Tourism Member

      Sgeulachd a’ Chlò Mhòir is an introduction to the unique world of HARRIS TWEED, the people, the provenance and the sense of place that makes it so special. There are weaving demos twice weekly and private tours bookable for up to 12 people.

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      • Gaelic Speaking

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      • Children Welcome

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      • Dogs Welcome

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      • Disabled Access
      • Lift

      Add The Harris Tweed® Story Room to your Itinerary

    10. Address

      Newton, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5AZ

      Isle Of North Uist

      The remains of a stronghold occupy the whole of a tiny islet in the middle of the tidal loch of Sticir. It is connected by a stone-built causeway to a slightly larger islet which in turn is connected to the shore by two stone causewaays.

      Add Dun an Sticer to your Itinerary

    11. Address

      Grimsay, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5HY

      Isle Of North Uist

      Remains of a wheelhouse dating back to the iron age can be seen in Grimsay.

      Add Grimsay Wheelhouse to your Itinerary

    12. Address

      Tigharry, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5DE

      Isle Of North Uist

      At this site, situated on the southern slope of the hill, lie the remains of a Neolithic chambered cairn, much of which has been re-modelled as a wheelhouse in the Iron Age.

      Add Cleitreabhal Chambered Cairn/Wheelhouse to your Itinerary

    13. Caisteal a'Mhorair Sea Stack at Garry Beach, Isle of Lewis
      Sea Stacks at Garry Beach, Isle of Lewis
      Caisteal a'Mhorair Sea Stack at Garry Beach, Isle of Lewis
      Sea Stacks at Garry Beach, Isle of Lewis

      Address

      New Tolsta, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0NN

      Isle Of Lewis

      Caisteal a' Mhorair (the Castle of the Nobleman) is one of the few probably medieval 'castles' in the Isle of Lewis.

      Add Caisteal a' Mhorair to your Itinerary

    14. Address

      Garrabost, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0PN

      Isle Of Lewis

      Clach Ghlas (NF 5281 3340) is an enigmatic triangular standing stone 1.7 metres high, standing in the centre of a mound 2 metres high and 30 metres long and partly surrounded by a ditch.

      Add Clach Ghlas to your Itinerary

    15. Aignish Raiders Monument, Isle of Lewis

      Address

      Aignish, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0PA

      Isle of Lewis

      At the eastern end of the Braighe isthmus stands a striking memorial to the Aignish Farm Raider. Brave men and women of the Point area of Lewis risked imprisonment in their struggle against an oppressive system of land use and ultimately paved the way for reforms to Scottish law.

      Add Aignish Farm Raiders Monument to your Itinerary

    16. Address

      Callanish, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9DY

      Isle Of Lewis

      An outer ring now with 8 standing stones and 5 fallen ones, with an inner group of 4 distinctive stones.

      Add Calanais III (Cnoc Fhillibhir Bheag) to your Itinerary

    17. Address

      South Lochboisdale, Isle Of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5UB

      Isle Of South Uist

      The Listening Place Scuplture, forms part of the Uist sculpture Trail

      Add Listening Place Sculpture to your Itinerary

    18. Address

      South Dell, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0SP

      Isle Of Lewis

      North Rona is an uninhabited, isolated island 44 miles in the open sea north of the Butt of Lewis, and is seldom visited except by occasional private vessels. But its isolation has preserved the archaeological sites of the island in a relatively undi

      Add North Rona to your Itinerary

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