Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

. The county borders

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

to the north and

Inverness-shire Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in populatio ...

to the south, as well as having a complex border with

Cromartyshire Cromartyshire ( gd, Siorrachd Chromba) is a historic county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 enclaves and exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th century. ...

– a county consisting of numerous

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s or

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s scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory. Ross-shire includes most of

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along with Lewis 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 ...

. Dingwall is the traditional

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. The area of Ross-shire is based on that of the historic province of Ross, but with the exclusion of the many enclaves that form Cromartyshire. For shreival purposes the area was first separated from the authority of the

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Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

by Act of

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during the reign of

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, the sheriff to sit at

Tain Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. Etymology The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...

or Dingwall. Sheriffs were seldom appointed, and further acts of 1649 and 1661 restated its separation from Inverness. The 1661 act also clarified the area encompassed, based on the pre-Reformation Diocese of Ross. Sir George Mackenzie's Ross-shire estates were transferred to Cromartyshire by a 1685 Act of Parliament (repealed 1686, re-enacted 1690).
RPS 1685/4/66RPS 1685/4/67RPS 1686/4/35RPS 1690/4/108RPS 1690/4/119
/ref> The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 provided that "the counties of Ross and Cromarty shall cease to be separate counties, and shall be united for all purposes whatsoever, under the name of the county of Ross and Cromarty." The two counties that became the single

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county of

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latt ...

, which continued to be used for local government purposes until 1975, although Ross-shire remained as the

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for the mainland part of the local government county until 1996. In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the

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and the Western Isles, under the

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. The region became a

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in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. There was a Ross-shire constituency of the

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from 1708 to 1801, and of the

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from 1801 to 1832. In 1832 it was merged with the Cromartyshire constituency to form the Ross and Cromarty constituency.

Geography

Western Ross-shire, also known as Wester Ross, is typified by its mountainous Highland scenery, especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach. The highest point in the county is Càrn Eighe at . It contains a long, fractured coastline along The Minch and Inner Sound (opposite

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...

), consisting of a number of isolated peninsulas split by sea lochs; from north to south the chief of these are

Loch Broom Loch Broom ( gd, Lochbraon, "loch of rain showers") is a sea loch located in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, in the former parish of Lochbroom, on the west coast of Scotland. The small town of Ullapool lies on the eastern shore of the loch. L ...

, the

Scoraig peninsula Scoraig ( gd, Sgoraig) is a settlement located on a remote peninsula between Little Loch Broom and Loch Broom, north-west of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The 1871 census recorded more than 380 Gaelic-speaking inhabitants o ...

Little Loch Broom Loch Broom ( gd, Lochbraon, "loch of rain showers") is a sea loch located in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, in the former parish of Lochbroom, on the west coast of Scotland. The small town of Ullapool lies on the eastern shore of the loch. Li ...

, Gruinard Bay,

Rubha Mòr Rubha Mòr is a remote peninsula in west Scotland, in the western region of Ross and Cromarty. The peninsula stretches from Greenstone Point in the north to the villages of Poolewe on the southern coastline and Laide on the northern coastline. The ...

peninsula, Loch Ewe, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula,

Loch Gairloch Loch Gairloch is a sea loch on the North West coast of Highland, Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic it is ''an Geàrr Loch'' meaning 'the short loch'. Around long by wide, it leads west to the Little Minch. The B8021 and B8056 run around its northe ...

Loch Torridon Loch Torridon ( gd, Loch Thoirbheartan) is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland in the Northwest Highlands. The loch was created by glacial processes and is in total around 15 miles (25 km) long. It has two sections: Upper Loch Torridon ...

Applecross peninsula Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...

, Loch Kishorn,

Loch Carron Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stomeferry headland east of Loch K ...

Lochalsh Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland (council area), Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch ...

peninsula,

Loch Long Loch Long is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Sea Loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end. It measures approximately in length, with a width of between . The loch also has an arm, Loch Goil, on its weste ...

, Loch Duich and the Glenelg peninsula which is shared with Inverness-shire. The eastern half (

Easter Ross Easter Ross ( gd, Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland. The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constituenc ...

) is generally flatter, and consists of towns, villages and farmland bordering the

Moray Firth The Moray Firth (; Scottish Gaelic: ''An Cuan Moireach'', ''Linne Mhoireibh'' or ''Caolas Mhoireibh'') is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotl ...

. In the north

Dornoch Firth The Dornoch Firth ( gd, Caolas Dhòrnaich, ) is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north. The firth is designated as a nationa ...

separates the county from Sutherland; near the Dornoch Firth Bridge lies the thin, tapering

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peninsula. In the north-east can be found the hammerhead-shaped

Tarbat peninsula Tarbat (Gaelic , meaning 'a crossing or isthmus'Place-names of Ross and Cromarty, by W J Watson, publ. The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Inverness 1904; p.45) is a civil parish in Highland, Scotland, in the north-east corner ...

which is shared with Cromartyshire; across Cromarty Firth lies the

Black Isle The Black Isle ( gd, an t-Eilean Dubh, ) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose, and the villages of Culbokie, Jemimaville, Rosemarkie, Avoch, Munlochy, Tore, and Nor ...

(actually a peninsula not an island), which is also shared with Cromartyshire. To the south-east Beauly Firth forms the border with Inverness-shire. The county contains numerous lochs, the most prominent of these being

Loch Ailsh ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Crom Loch Crom or CROM may refer to: Places * Crom, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland * Crom Estate, a Northern Irish National Trust Property ** Crom Castle * Ben Crom, a mountain in the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland * Cro ...

Loch a' Choire Mhòir ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...

Loch Fada ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Lochan Gaineamhaich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Cluanie Loch Cluanie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Cluanaidh'') is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland at the south-east end of Glen Shiel. It is a reservoir, contained behind the Cluanie Dam, constructed by Mitchell Construction and completed in 19 ...

Loch Loyne Loch Loyne is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Loch Loyne lies between Glen Garry and Glen Cluanie. The A87 road runs beside the eastern side of the loch. Road and Dam The first proper road across the Loyne was begun in 1821 by th ...

Loch Monar Loch Monar is a freshwater loch situated at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, in the West Highlands of Scotland. Since the 1960s, it has been dammed as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. The loch is fed by a number of small burn ...

, Loch Mullardoch,

Loch a' Bhealaich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch nan Eun Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell , photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...

Loch na Leitreach ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch an Laoigh,

Loch Calavie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...

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Loch an Tachdaidh ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Sgamhain Loch Scaven (Gaelic: Loch Sgamhain) is a small freshwater loch at the head of Glen Carron near the source of the River Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is about southwest of Achnasheen and from Loch Gowan ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gael ...

Loch a' Chroisg ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Clair ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spell ...

Loch Coulin ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Fhiarlaid,

Loch Dughaill ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spell ...

Loch Coultrie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Damph, Loch Lundie,

Loch na A-Oidhche ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Maree,

Loch a' Ghodhainn ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Ghaineamhach ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Bad an Sgalaig Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland. The north west end of the loch, where it outflows to the Eas na Laimh stream, was dammed in 1 ...

Loch a' Bhraoin Loch a' Bhraoin, Loch Broom ( gd, Loch of showers or drizzling rain), is a freshwater loch, located in Wester Ross, in Ross-shire, on the west coast of Scotland. Settlements Due to the remoteness of the loch, there are very few settlements in ...

Loch Fannich Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in Scotland. The loch is located west of Strathpeffer. Etymology The name ''Fannich'' may represent an adaption into Gaelic of an earlier Pictish Pictish is the extinct Brittonic language spo ...

Fionn Loch Fionn (, ) is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In English, it is pronounced "Finn" ( ) or "Fee-on" ( ). It is derived from a byname meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the modern variant of Old and Middle Irish: Find and Fin ...

Loch na Sealga ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Eye Loch Eye is a shallow freshwater loch, located close to the east coast of Scotland between the Moray Firth, Dornoch Firth and Cromarty Firth. Covering an area of 205 hectares, it is an important site for waterfowl and has been protected since 19 ...

Loch Glass ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...

Loch Morie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spell ...

Loch Ussie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Achilty Loch Achilty is a large picturesque lowland freshwater loch set within a sloping birch and oakwood forest, and located near to Contin in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Loch Achilty is notable for having no outflow. It has been assum ...

Loch Garve ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Luichart ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Achanalt Loch Achanalt is a small, irregularly shaped, lowland freshwater loch in Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, close to Achanalt railway station and the village of Achanalt. It is roughly quadrangular in shape with an approximate diameter ...

Loch Meig ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Droma ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Glascarnoch Loch Glascarnoch is a reservoir in the highlands of Scotland between Ullapool and Inverness. It is dammed on its eastern end. The reservoir was created in 1957 and forms part of the Conon Hydro-electric Power Scheme. The A835 The A835 is a ...

Loch Coire Làir ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Vaich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch a' Chaorunn ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch na Caoidhe ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Beannacharain ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

and the

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. Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Outer Hebrides and the third largest in the British Isles after Britain and Ireland. Due to its flatter, more fertile land, Lewis contains three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles, and the largest settlement,

Stornoway Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well a ...

. To the west lie the isolated and uninhabited

Flannan Isles The Flannan Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Flannach) or alternatively, the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately west of the Isle of Lewis. They may take their name from Saint Flannan, the 7th centu ...

. About north of the Butt of Lewis lie

North Rona Rona ( gd, Rònaigh) is a remote, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic. Rona is often referred to as North Rona to distinguish it from South Rona (another small island, in the Inner Hebrides). It has an area of and a maximum elevat ...

and Sula Sgeir, a remote group of islands which are included within Ross-shire.

Islands

Mainland

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* Crowlin Islands * Eilean a' Chait * Eilean a' Mhal * Eilean an Inbhire Bhàin * Eilean an t-Sratha *

Eilean Bàn Eilean Bàn (Scottish Gaelic meaning ''White Island'') is a island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. The Skye Bridge uses the island as a stepping-s ...

* Eilean Chuaig * Eilean Dubh Dhurinis * Eilean Furadh Mòr *

Eilean Horrisdale Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland. Geography Eilean Horrisdale is the largest island in Loch Gairloch. In front is the smaller, Eilean Tioram (dry island), which is connected to the mainland by ...

Eilean Mòr Eilean Mòr, literally meaning "large island" in Scottish Gaelic, is the name of several Scottish islands. In some areas, the term merely refers to the large island of a group, and may be used in place of the actual name: Saltwater * Eilean Mòr, ...

* Eilean na Bà * Eilean na Bà Mòr * Eilean na Beinne * Eilean na Creige Duibhe * Eilean nam Feannag * Eilean nan Naomh * Eilean Stacan *

Eilean Tioram Dry Island is an inhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, and part of the inner, inner Hebrides. Dry Island is translated from the Gaelic name for the Island "''Eilean Tioram''". Geography Dry Island is located on the small ...

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Fraoch Eilean This is a list of islands called Eilean Fraoch or Fraoch Eilean, which provides an index for islands in Scotland with this and similar names. Literally meaning "Calluna, heather island" in Scottish Gaelic, it is a common Scottish island name. It ma ...

* Fraoch Eilean Mòr *

Glas Eilean Glas may refer to: * Hans Glas GmbH, a former German automotive company * ''Glas'' (film), a 1958 Dutch documentary film * ''Glas'' (book), a 1974 book by Jacques Derrida * ''Glas'' (publisher), a Russian publishing house * Glas (surname) * Eo ...

Gruinard Island Gruinard Island ( ; gd, Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. At its closest point to the mainland, it is about offshore ...

Isle of Ewe The Isle of Ewe ( gd, Eilean Iùbh) is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty. The island is inhabited by a single family, the Grants, who have lived at the Main House in the south of the island since the mid-19th century ...

Kishorn Island Loch Kishorn ( gd, Ciseòrn) is a sea loch in the north-west Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. Kishorn is a collective name used to refer to a group of populated settlements located next to the loch. Topography Loch Kishorn is a northe ...

* Làrach Tigh Mhic Dhomhnuill *

Longa Island Longa Island (Gaelic: ''Longa'') is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly in length with an area of and a maximum elevation of above sea level. Geology The island is mainl ...

* Sgeir a' Bhuic * Sgeir a' Ghair * Sgeir an Araig * Sgeir an Fheòir * Sgeir Bhuide * Sgeir Bhuidhe * Sgeir Chreagach * Sgeir Dùghaill * Sgeir Fhada * Sgeir Ghlas * Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh * Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Shuas * Sgeir na Trian *

Shieldaig Island Shieldaig Island is an island in Loch Shieldaig, in the council area of Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It is located from Shieldaig. Its area is 13 hectares and its 134 feet high. Shieldaig Island has been the property of the Natio ...

Strome Islands Strome may refer to: People *Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome, Scottish forensic anthropologist *Jennifer Strome, producer and writer *Dylan Strome (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player *Mark Strome, American businessman *Ryan Strome (born ...

* Ulluva

Lewis

* Àird Orasaigh * Bearasaigh * Bhuaile Mhòr * Bràighe Mòr * Bratanais Mòr * Campaigh * Ceabagh *

Ceabhaigh Ceabhaigh is a small island in an arm of Loch Ròg on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about in extent. It is not known if the island was ever permanently inhabited. It lies in Loch Ròg nan Ear (West Loch Roag ...

* Cealasaigh * Cliatasaigh * Craigeam * Cruitear * Cùl Campaigh * Eilean a' Bhlàir * Eilean an Tighe * Eilean Àrnol * Eilean Beag a' Bhàigh * Eilean Bhàcasaigh * Eilean Bhinndealaim * Eilean Chearstaigh * Eilean Chalaibrigh * Eilean Chaluim Cille * Eilean Cheòis * Eilean Dubh a' Bhàigh * Eilean Fir Chrothair * Eilean Liubhaird *

Eilean Mhealasta Eilean Mhealasta (Mealista Island) is an uninhabited island off the west coast of Isle of Lewis, Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It takes its name from Mealista, a nearby township on Lewis. History Nearby Mealista had a shrine to St Cata ...

* Eilean Molach * Eilean Mòr a' Bhàigh * Eilean Mòr Lacasaidh * Eilean Mòr Phabail * Eilean nan Uan * Eilean Orasaidh * Eilean Orasaigh * Eilean Rosaidh * Eilean Sgarastaigh * Eilean Shìophoirt * Eilean Teinis * Eilean Thinngartsaigh * Eilean Thòraidh * Eilean Thuilm * Eilean Trosdam * Eughlam * Eunaigh Mòr *

* Fleisgeir *

Flodaigh, Lewis Flodaigh is a small island in Loch Roag on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about in extent and the highest point is . Its name derives from the Old Norse for "flat island". Inland, the nearest settlement is op ...

Flodaigh (Outer Loch Ròg) Flodaigh is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland. It lies north west of Great Bernera and Little Bernera, south of Bearasaigh and Seanna Chnoc and west of Campaigh Campaigh or Campay is a steep and rocky islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewi ...

Fuaigh Beag Fuaigh Beag or Vuia Be(a)g is an island in the Outer Hebrides. It is off the west coast of Lewis near Great Bernera in Loch Roag. Its name means "little Fuaigh", and is named in contrast to Fuaigh Mòr nearby. History The element "Fuaigh", derives ...

Fuaigh Mòr Fuaigh Mòr (sometimes anglicised as Vuia Mor) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is off the west coast of Lewis near Great Bernera in Loch Roag. It is and at its highest point. History In 1841, Fuaigh Mòr was the scene ...

* Garbh Eilean * Geile Sgeir *

Glas Sgeir Glas may refer to: * Hans Glas GmbH, a former German automotive company * ''Glas'' (film), a 1958 Dutch documentary film * ''Glas'' (book), a 1974 book by Jacques Derrida * ''Glas'' (publisher), a Russian publishing house * Glas (surname) * Eo ...

* Gousam * Great Bernera * Grèineam * Hairsgeir Beag * Hairsgeir Mòr * Lada Sgeir * Langaisgeir Mòr * Lewis (''part of the larger Lewis and Harris island'') * Linngeam * Liongam * Lìth Sgeir * Little Bernera * Màs Sgeir *

Pabaigh Beag Pabbay (Gaelic: ) is the name of several islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland: * Pabbay, Barra Isles, to the south of Barra * Pabbay, Harris, in the Sound of Harris, between Harris and North Uist * Pabbay, Loch Baghasdail, in Loch Baghasdail, ...

Pabaigh Mòr Pabay Mòr or Pabaigh Mòr is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. History The island's name comes from ''papey'', an Old Norse name meaning "Island of the ''papar'' or culdees". The island was connected to Clan MacLeod thr ...

* Riosaigh * Seanna Chnoc * Sgeir a' Mhurain * Sgeir Dhail * Sgeir Dhearg * Sgeir Ghlas Bheag * Sgeir Ghobhlach * Sgeir Leathann * Sgeir Liath * Sgeir Mhòr Shildinis * Sgeir Mol Srupair * Sgeir Sgianailt * Sgeir Tanais * Sgeirean An Arbhair * Shiant Islands * Siaram Bostadh * Siaram Mòr * Tabhaigh Bheag * Tabhaigh Mhòr * Tamna * Tanaraigh * Tannaraidh * Thalta Sgeir *

Vacsay Vacsay ( gd, Bhacsaigh from Old Norse "bakkiey" meaning "peat bank island") is one of the Outer Hebrides. It is off the west coast of Lewis in West Loch Roag. It is in size, and at its highest point. History Like many of the surrounding i ...

(''Bhàcasaigh in Gaelic'')

North Rona

* Ghealldraig Mhòr * Gralisgeir * Lisgear Mhòr *

* Sula Sgeir *

Thamna Sgeir Thamna is a village in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located in Umreth Taluka Umreth (Gujarati: ઉમરેઠ) is a taluka and the administrative center of Anand district, Anand District in the state of Gujarat, India. ...

File:Eileanban.jpg, Eilean Bàn from the Skye Bridge, looking towards Kyle of Lochalsh File:Longashags.jpg, Shag birds on Longa Island File:View towards Isle of Ewe - geograph.org.uk - 1167340.jpg, The Isle of Ewe File:Cave on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles - geograph.org.uk - 85271.jpg, Cave on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles File:Calanais Standing Stones 20090610 01.jpg, The famous

Callanish Stones The Callanish Stones (or "Callanish I": gd, Clachan Chalanais or ) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle. They were erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity ...

on Lewis File:Seana Chnoc and Bearasaigh - geograph.org.uk - 1263088.jpg, Seana Chnoc (at left) and Bearasaigh from the south west. Stac nam Balg is just visible to the left of Seanna Chnoc

Settlements

Mainland

View over Dingwall to Ben Wyvis, from Alcaig

* Achnasheen * Alness *

Applecross Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...

Ardgay Ardgay ( gd, Àird Gaoith or ''Àird Ghaoithe'') high wind" - see below Further reading: MacGregoris a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and is 1 mile south from Bonar Bridge and lies at the ent ...

* Aultbea *

Avoch Avoch harbour Avoch ( ; from the gd, Abhach – meaning mouth of the stream) is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth. History Origins Ormond Castle or ''Avoch Castle'' was a stronghold built o ...

* Ballintore *

Barbaraville Barbaraville ( gd, An Cladach) is a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. Housing dates from 1820 on when local people were allowed to build on p ...

* Conon Bridge * Contin *

Culrain Culrain (Cul Raoin) is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. Location It lies west of Ardgay, beside the Kyle of Sutherland about west from the village of Bonar Bridge, where several rivers converge to flood into the sea through l ...

Diabaig Diabaig ( gd, Dìobaig) is a remote coastal fishing and crofting township in Wester Ross, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Diabaig lies on the north shore of the sea loch of Loch Diabaig, an inlet off the north side of Loch Torridon, and ...

* Dingwall *

Dornie Dornie ( gd, An Dòrnaidh) is a small former fishing village in the Lochalsh district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland (2006 census). It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long. The A87, the main road to ...

* Easter Fearn *

Edderton Edderton ( gd, Eadardan) is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. It is the location of the Balblair Distillery, and of t ...

* Evanton * Fearn * Garve *

Gairloch Gairloch ( ; gd, Geàrrloch , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a go ...

* Hill of Fearn *

Invergordon Invergordon (; gd, Inbhir Ghòrdain or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was establish ...

Inverinate Inverinate ( gd, Inbhir Ìonaid) is a small linear village on the north shore of Loch Duich in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scotland, Scottish council area of Highland Council area, Highland. History A prominent family of tacksman ...

Kilmuir, Black Isle Kilmuir (from the Scottish Gaelic ''Cille Mhoire'', meaning Mary's Church) is a former fishing village, located on the north coast of the Moray Firth in the Black Isle and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Kilmuir is located northea ...

Kilmuir, Easter Ross Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, southeast of Kildary and northeast of Invergordon. Geography The village of Kilmuir is within the former parish of Kilmuir Easter. The parish was situated p ...

* Kinlochewe *

Kyle of Lochalsh Kyle of Lochalsh (from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''Caol Loch Aillse'', "strait of the foaming loch") is a village in the historic county of Ross-shire on the northwest coast of Scotland, located around west-southwest of Inverness. It is loca ...

Laide Laide ( gd, An Leathad) is a small village in the northwest of the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Gruinard Bay, about 30 km west of Ullapool. Laide Wood Situated just outside Laide on the A832 heading West ...

Marybank Marybank is a small village in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Muir of Ord lies south east of Marybank, along the A832 road. The village of Contin Contin (Gaelic: Cunndainn) i ...

* Marburgh * Muir of Ord * Mulbuie * Munlochy * Nigg *

North Kessock North Kessock (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Ceasag a Tuath'' or ''Aiseag Cheasaig'') is a village on the Black Isle north of Inverness. Description North Kessock is the first village encountered over the Kessock Bridge. Now bypassed by the main ro ...

* Poolewe * Reraig *

Shieldaig Shieldaig ( gd, Sìldeag; on, síld- vík, lit= herring bay)W. J. Watson''Place-names of Ross and Cromarty'' 1904, p. 208. is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Geography ...

* Strathcarron *

Strathpeffer Strathpeffer ( gd, Srath Pheofhair) is a village and spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 1,469. Geography It lies in a strath west of Dingwall, with the elevation ranging from above sea level. Sheltered on ...

Stromeferry Stromeferry ( gd, Port an t-Sròim) is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name reflects its former role as ...

Torridon Torridon (Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torrido ...

Isle of Lewis

* Achmore *

Adabrock Adabrock ( gd, Adabroc), is a village in the area of Ness, Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Adabrock is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8015 between Lionel and Eorodale. It is at the northern tip of Lewis, south-west ...

Aignish Aignish ( gd, Aiginis) is located northwest of Knock and east of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The township is at the island side of the isthmus connecting to the Eye peninsula. Aignish is wit ...

Aird Aird may refer to: People * Aird (surname), shared by several people Places Northern Ireland * Aird, County Antrim, a townland Scotland * Aird, Dumfries and Galloway *Aird, Inverness, a district of the county of Inverness *Aird, Lewis (''Aird An ...

Aird Uig Aird Uig ( gd, Àird Ùig) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Aird Uig is within the parish of Uig, Lewis, Uig, and is situated on the C40 minor road which joins to the B8011 at Timsgarry. The township includes ...

* Airidhbhruaich *

Arnol Arnol ( gd, Àrnol) is a small village typical of many settlements of the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Arnol is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858 road (Great Britain), A858. Once a thri ...

* Back *

Balallan Balallan ( gd, Baile Ailein, Bail' Ailein), meaning "Allan's Town", is a crofting township on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Balallan is within the parish of Lochs. The township has the distinction of being the longest vil ...

Ballantrushal Ballantrushal ( gd, Baile an Truiseil) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Ballantrushal is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A857. The standing stone Clach an Trushal ...

* Barvas * Borve *

Bragar Bragar ( gd, Bràgar, ) is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, from the island's only town, Stornoway. Bragar is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858 between Carloway and Barvas. ...

Branahuie Branahuie ( gd, Bràigh na h-Aoidhe) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Branahuie is within the parish of Stornoway, and is situated on the A866. It is also close to Stornoway, Stornoway Airport and Melbost ...

Brue Brue ( gd, Brù) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is a crofting township and it is composed of two areas: Am Baile Staigh, which is nearer the coast, and Pàirc Bhrù, which runs to ...

Breaclete Breacleit (or Roulanish; gd, Breacleit; Old Norse: ''Breiðiklettr'') is the central village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breaclete is within the parish of Uig. Although the village name comes from a geographical feature r ...

Breanish Brenish ( gd, Brèinis) is a small village situated on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Brenish is within the parish of Uig. The name of the village is sometimes spelt Breanish (which is gen ...

Breasclete Breasclete ( gd, Brèascleit) is a village and community on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breasclete is within the parish of Uig, and is situated adjacent to the A858. History Breasclete has several ston ...

* Calbost *

Callanish Callanish ( gd, Calanais) is a village (township) on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. Callanish is within the parish of Uig. A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into ...

* Carishader * Carloway * Caverstay *

Cliff In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on co ...

Coll Coll (; gd, Cola; sco, Coll)Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and ...

Cromore Cromore ( gd, Crò Mòr) is a crofting township on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Pairc, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Lochs. Cromore is about 27 miles away by road from Stornoway, the nearest town ...

Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

Crossbost Crossbost is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of North Lochs, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is located approximately ten miles away from Stornoway, the main town on the island. Due to its close proximity to the main island tow ...

* Crowlista * Dalbeg * Eagleton * Eorodale * Eoropie *

Fivepenny Fivepenny ( gd, Na Còig Peighinnean) is one of the many villages in the Lewis district of Ness (Nis in Gaelic) and part of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Fivepenny is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8014, bet ...

* Flesherin *

Garynahine Garynahine ( gd, Gearraidh na h-aibhne) is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011 ...

* Garyvard * Geishader * Gisla *

Gravir Gravir ( gd, Grabhair), is a village on the shore of Loch Odhairn (a sea loch) in the Park district of the Isle of Lewis. Gravir is within the parish of Lochs. There is a Free Church, a school and a voluntary fire station in the village. There is ...

* Gress * Grimshader *

Habost Habost ( gd, Tàbost) is the name of two crofting townships on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. One is in the Ness area at the northern tip of the island at and is home to an arts and music centre. It is a traditional area o ...

* Hacklete *

Holm Holm may refer to: Places * Holm (island), the name of several islands * Holm, Nordfriesland, Germany * Holm, Pinneberg, Germany * Holm (Flensburg), Flensburg, Germany * Holm, Norway, in Nordland county * Holm, Troms, Norway * Holm, Podu Iloa ...

* Islivik * Keose * Keose Glebe * Kershader * Kirkibost *

Kneep Kneep ( gd, Cnìp) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Kneep is within the parish of Uig. Various archaeological discoveries have been made at Kneep, including a Viking cemetery and a number of Viking burials, ...

Knockaird Knockaird ( gd, An Cnoc Àrd) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the highest point in Port of Ness and is home to Dùn Èistean an ancient ruined fort on a small island that is joine ...

* Laxay * Laxdale * Lemreway * Leurbost * Lionel *

Lower Bayble Bayble ( gd, Pabail) is a large village in Point (''An Rubha''), on the Isle of Lewis, east of Stornoway. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway. There are around 400 people living in Bayble. It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayb ...

* Mangursta * Marvig *

* Meavik *

Melbost Melbost ( gd, Mealabost) is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village in Point on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about east of Stornoway at the head of an isthmus connecti ...

* Newmarket * Newvalley *

North Dell North Dell ( gd, Dail bho Thuath) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. North Dell is within the parish of Barvas. It lies 5 km south of the Butt of Lewis, between the settlements of ...

North Galson North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

* North Tolsta *

Orinsay Orinsay ( gd, Orasaigh) is a crofting village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Pairc, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Lochs. Orinsay is from Stornoway, the major town of the Isle of Lewis, by Ro ...

Parkend Parkend is a village, located at the foot of the Cannop Valley, in the Royal Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England, and has a history dating back to the early 17th century. During the 19th century it was a busy industrial village with se ...

Plasterfield Plasterfield ( gd, Raon na Crèadha) is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway. Plasterfield is a suburb of Stornoway and consists of two groups of houses, (built after Worl ...

* Portnaguran * Port of Ness * Portvoller * Ranish * Sandwick * Shader *

Shawbost Shawbost ( gd, Siabost) is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around west of Lewis's capital Stornoway. Shawbost is within the parish of Barvas. A recent develop ...

* Sheshader * Shieldenish *

Shulishader Shulishader () is a small village with a population of around 120 people in Point, Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Located on the north-western side of the Eye Peninsula, it overlooks Broad Bay. Most of the village is over 60m ...

Skigersta Skigersta ( gd, Sgiogarstaigh) is a village to the south east of Ness on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the easternmost settlement in the Ness district and is 5km (3miles) southeast of the Butt of Lewis. Skigersta is ...

South Dell South Dell ( gd, Dail-bho-Dheas) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. South Dell is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated alongside the A857. The Dell River separates South and No ...

South Galson South Galson is a settlement on the northwest coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is 11 km southwest of Port of Ness. The Galson Primary School closed in 1996. The populations of North Galson, South Galson, and Melbost ...

Steinish Steinish ( gd, Steinnis, IPA: �ʃtʰʲeɲɪʃ is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis, near Plasterfield and Stornoway Airport. Steinish is situated within the parish of Stornoway, and is also situated adjacent to t ...

Swainbost Swainbost ( gd, Suaineabost) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The name Swainbost meaning ''Sweins steading'' is of Viking derivation. The settlement is situated in the parish of Barvas. A ...

Timsgarry Timsgarry ( gd, Tuimisgearraidh) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Timsgarry is home to the Baile na Cille Church and the Uig Museum, noted for its giant Chessmen, discovered in the sands in 1831. Geography T ...

* Tobson *

Tong Tong may refer to: Chinese *Tang Dynasty, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese *Tong (organization), a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities *''tong'', pronunciation of several Chinese char ...

* Upper Bayble * Valtos

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