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History in the Outer Hebrides

  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

Grimsay Community Association (GCA) - Heritage Centre

Come and visit the only Maritime Museum in the Outer Hebrides and find out about the Stewart family who built beautiful, clinker work boats on Grimsay over the course of 150 years. You’ll find the…

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.

Calanais Standing Stones

The new Calanais Visitor Centre reopens in 2026 with much improved facilities. Until then the visitor centre site is entirely closed for construction works, but please note, the Calanais Standing…

The Harris Tweed® Story Room stages to make yarn

Embark on a guided tour that takes you through the timeline of the industrial history and development of the Harris Tweed Industry. Watch demonstrations and receive hands-on weaving experience

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 202531st December 2025
  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. Address

      Ormiclate, Isle Of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SB

      Isle Of South Uist

      On the west side, in the village of Ormiclate is Ormiclate Castle which stands in ruins today after being burnt to the ground.

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    2. Aignish Raiders Monument, Isle of Lewis

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      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.

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      Carinish, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5HN

      Isle Of North Uist

      250 metres from the main road (which itself dissects the remains of a stone circle at NF 833602), on top of a small hillock, lie the remains of a once spectacular long cairn with a horned facade at its eastern end

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    4. Address

      Berneray, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5BD

      Isle Of North Uist

      Close to the ferry terminal lie the slight remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to about 700 AD.

      Add Aird ma-Rhuibhe to your Itinerary

    5. The Old Bridge Bernera

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      Bernera, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9LP

      Isle of Lewis

      The Bridge(s) across the Atlantic from Lewis to Great Bernera.

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    6. Address

      Horgabost, Isle Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, HS3 3HR

      Isle Of Harris

      Remains of chambered cairn

      Add Coir Fhinn Chambered Cairn to your Itinerary

    7. Address

      Lochmaddy, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5AE

      Isle Of North Uist

      The Mosaic Mackerel sculpture by Rosalind Waites forms part of the Uist Sculpture Trail.

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    8. 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

    9. Address

      West Kilbride, Isle Of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5TT

      Isle Of South Uist

      At the very south of the Island, lies the Polachar Stone, looking out to sea.

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    10. Address

      Bentangaval, Isle Of Barra, Outer Hebrides, HS9 5XN

      Isle Of Barra

      Neolithic people settled here around 4000 BC and built an artificial platform behind a terrace wall. A later blackhouse stands on part of this platform, but behind it, Neolithic remains were found almost undisturbed.

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    11. 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.

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    12. Address

      Memorial Avenue, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS1 2QR

      Isle of Lewis

      The Isle of Lewis War Memorial, overlooking the town of Stornoway, is dedicated to the lewis men who lost their lives in World War 1 and the sinking of HMY Iolaire in 1919.

       

       

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    13. Cladh Maolrithe, Berneray

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      Berneray, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5BJ

      Isle Of North Uist

      At Beinn a'Chlaidh - Hill of the Graveyard - there is a standing stone.

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    14. Morsgail

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      Morsgail, Uig, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9JH

      Uig, Isle Of Lewis

      In "The Chessmen", Fin and Whistler come across a disappearing loch which burst its banks and drained overnight revealing a small plane at the bottom of what would have been the loch.

      Add Peter May's Lewis Thrillers - Beehive Dwellings and Disappearing Loch to your Itinerary

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      Griminish, Isle Of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, HS7 5QA

      Isle Of Benbecula

      Benbecula War Memorial

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    16. View from Bernera to Tir Mhor from standing stones
      Tir Mhor looking south
      The seaweed cutting boats moored in Linsiadar
      You never know who you will meet on the road
      a frozen Loch na Muilne
      Full length of the bridge
      View from Bernera to Tir Mhor from standing stones
      Tir Mhor looking south
      The seaweed cutting boats moored in Linsiadar
      You never know who you will meet on the road
      a frozen Loch na Muilne
      Full length of the bridge

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      Bernera, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9LT

      Isle of Lewis

      Other points of interest on Bernera and the surrounding land include the bridge, standing stones, a Lobster Pond, Norse Mill and Riot Cairn.

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      Langass, Isle Of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS6 5HA

      Isle Of North Uist

      Barpa Langais is a neolithic chambered cairn or tomb.

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    18. Gress Raiders Monument, Isle of Lewis

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      Gress, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0LQ

      Isle Of Lewis

      Coll and Gress communities were at the centre of a struggle for the rights of crofters against the power of landowners, a struggle that helped change Scottish history. The monument stands near a bridge across the River Gress (Abhainn Ghriais), the site of a dramatic land raid.

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