Caolas ( gd, An Caolas ), is a small settlement on the island of
Vatersay
The island of Vatersay (; gd, Bhatarsaigh) is the southernmost and westernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and the settlement of Caolas on the north coast of the island is the westernmost permanently inhabited place in ...
, in the
Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...
, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of
Barra.
It is
the westernmost settlement in
Scotland. Previously, the village on
Hirta claimed this title; Hirta was also the most western settlement in the United Kingdom, which is now
Belleek, County Fermanagh
Belleek (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 182. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a village and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. While the greater part of the village lies within County Fermanagh, part of it ...
, Northern Ireland.
is a word (in both
Scottish Gaelic and
Irish) meaning "straits" and frequently rendered as "kyles" in English.
References
External links
Canmore - Vatersay, Caolas site recordCanmore - Vatersay, Dun A' Chaolais site recordCanmore - Vn25 North Vatersay site record
Villages in the Outer Hebrides
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