Places to visit

Kisimul Castle - Caisteal Chiosmuil

Kisimul Castle image courtesy of Visit Scotland

Kisimul Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Chiosmuil) is located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh a' Chaisteil, Eilean Bharraigh, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Alba). This is the former seat of the Clan MacNeil and probably dates back to the fifteenth century. Within the curtain wall of this well preserved castle are the remains of structures including a tower.

Kildonan Museum - Taigh Tasgaidh Chill Donnain

Clanranald Armorial Stone image courtesy of Kildonan Museum

This museum, owned by the South Uist Historical Trust and the Kildonan Centre, is a heritage and cultural facility. The museum gives an historical overview of South Uist/Uibhist a Deas from pre-history to the eighteenth century. South Uist has numerous archaeological sites. The Kildonan Centre also has a craft shop and café and is located on the main A865 north from Daliburgh www.kildonanmuseum.co.uk and is open from April until October. 

Borve Castle - Caisteal Bhuirgh

Borve Castle 20090609 from north-west by Otter and courtesy of wikimedia commons

Borve Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Bhuirgh) is a ruined 14th-century tower house, located at the south-west of the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn nam Fadhla or Beinn na Faoghla, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Alba).

Clach an Truishal - Truiseil

This is a large standing stone about twenty feet in height located off the A857 north from Barabhas south of Siadhar on the northwest coast of Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas).

Dun Carloway - Dùn Chàrlabhaigh

Dun Carloway

These are the well preserved remains of a Broch with the thick walls with stairway and chambers in the hollow surrounding a courtyard of about twenty-five feet in diameter. The site is located southwest from Carloway /Carlabhagh off the A858 north from Callanish/Callanais.

Bosta Beach - Bostadh

Bosta Iron Age House courtesy of interior Bernera Historical Society Facebook page.

Bosta Beach is located in the north of Great Bernera (Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh Mòr) an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Siar, Alba). The island is connected to the north-west coast of Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas) by a bridge. During storms in 1993 shifting sands revealed  stonework. Subsequent excavations in 1996 uncovered a series of well preserved houses that would have been occupied in the 6th - 9th centuries AD.  A replica Iron Age house matching those now buried is sited nearby.

Callanish Stones - Clachan Chalanais

Callanish Standing Stones

Thought to date from 4000BC to 2600BC, these are a group of thirteen standing stones forming a circle about thirteen metres in diameter. There is an avenue of stones to the north and shorter rows to the east west and south. The location is near the village of Callanish/Calanais on the west coast of Lewis/Leodhas. There is a visitors centre at Calanais www.callanishvisitorcentre.co.uk which promotes an understanding of the stones and has refreshment and other facilities. Callansh 1 refers to the largest of the megalithic sites in the area of which there are several.

Museum & Tasglann nan Eilean (Stornoway)

Museum & Tasglann nan Eilean

Museum & Tasglann nan Eilean covers the islands of the Outer Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Siar) from Barra (Eilean Bharraigh) in the South to Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais) in the North. It operates from two centres, Museum nan Eilean at Lews Castle, Stornoway (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Leòdhais, Steòrnabhagh) and Sgoil Lionacleit on the island of Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn nam Fadhla or Beinn na Faoghla).

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