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Sound of Taransay

Type:Scenic Locations

Seilebost
Isle of Harris
Outer Hebrides

About

In winter this can be a wild stretch of water having both ends of the sound open to the Atlantic Ocean. In summer Basking Sharks are often seen passing through the Sound.

Photographers Tip

A bright day in winter provides superb light for a shot from the highest part of the main road, across the sound towards Taransay.

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What's Nearby

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Frog Orchid - Seilebost Machair

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Seilebost

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0.46 miles away
Traigh Seilebost

Traigh Seilebost is a beautiful sandy beach on the south side of Traigh Luskentyre.

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Great Northern Diver-Sound of Taransay

Large Diving water bird present on the Harris coastline throughout the winter

1.24 miles away
Slavonian Grebe-Sound of Taransay

Small diving waterbird

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Coir Fhinn Chambered Cairn

Remains of chambered cairn

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Talla na Mara

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Macleod Standing Stone (Clach Macleoid)

Standing stone overlooking the beach near the village of Horgabost .

1.8 miles away
15. Talla na Mara

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16. The Broch House

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Iron Age Broch (Dun Bhurigh)

Remains of an Iron Age broch at NG032 940 near the village of Borve.

3.02 miles away
Peter May Trilogy - Scarista Graveyard

In The Lewis Man, the investigation of a body found in a peat bog, sees Fin Macleod and…

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Traigh Iar

Traigh Noisaboist (Nisabost) is a spectacular west coast beach with extensive views…

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Clach Steineagaidh

This standing stone appears now as a single monolith overlooking one of the most…

3.7 miles away

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