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Find Space to Wonder in Scotland’s Wild Atlantic Islands

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  1. Viewpoint from Reuval, Benbecula
    Bonnie Prince Charlie Trail
    Retrace the steps of Bonnie Prince Charlie on this fascinating trail as he travelled through the Outer Hebrides, from his arrival in Eriskay in 1745 to his escape ‘over the sea to Skye’ (and thereafter to Uist) with Flora MacDonald in 1746.
  2. Kisimul Castle
    Kisimul Castle
    Hop on a boat across the bay to the ‘Castle in the Sea’ and explore the seat of the chief of Clan MacNeil. The only significant surviving medieval castle in the Outer Hebrides.
  3. Kildonan Museum
    Kildonan Museum
    Step back in time and gain an intriguing insight into the history of South Uist. With over 10,000 items related to the island’s social, domestic and cultural history to discover, you’ll learn all about its fascinating past.
    1. 1st April 202531st October 2025
    2. 1st November 202531st December 2025
  4. Aerial photo of the Taigh Chearsabhagh building, looking towards Lochmaddy Pier and Lee.
    Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre
    Creative minds will enjoy a visit to this arts and heritage centre where you’ll find regular world-class contemporary art exhibitions, an award-winning museum, poetry and literary events, traditional music and even small festivals.
    1. 1st January 202531st December 2025
  5. Hebrides People Visitor Centre building
    Hebrides People Visitor Centre
    Browse permanent and visiting exhibitions exploring the social and natural history of the Outer Hebrides and our island communities. Here you’ll also find “Co Leis Thu?” the fascinating genealogy research centre for the islands, home to over 30,000 family records.
    1. 1st January 202531st December 2025
  6. Clan Mackenzie Monument at Seaforth Head
    Kinloch Historical Society
    Visit the Kinloch Historical Society and enjoy touring an exhibition covering the social, military and clan history of Kinloch. History fans will especially enjoy the chance to delve into the impressive archive of genealogy material.
    1. 1st January 202531st December 2025
  7. Uig Heritage Centre displays
    Uig Heritage Centre
    Visit the local historical society in Uig to view museum displays, artefacts, maps and even a re-created blackhouse kitchen. Be sure to look through the photographs and stories that offer a unique insight into Gaelic culture and kinship.
  8. Dun Carloway Broch - Rachel Keenan
    Dun Carloway Broch (Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) and Visitor Centre
    Visit one of the best-preserved Iron Age brochs in Scotland. Standing at nearly nine meters tall, and built in around 200 BC, it offers spectacular panoramic views of the surrounding Lewis landscape. Found only in Scotland, this broch has had various uses over the centuries, including a pottery kiln, a shelter and a home as late as the 1870s.
    1. 1st April 202530th September 2025
    2. 1st January 202531st December 2025
  9. Calanais Standing Stones
    Facilities at Calanais Visitor Centre from November 2024
    Discover the spellbinding 5,000 year-old Calanais Standing Stones in the west coast of Lewis and enjoy learning about how they were built and used, and what they’ve meant to people throughout the centuries at the excellent Visitor Centre.
    1. St Kilda cottage with light on
      St Kilda
      An isolated archipelago of volcanic islands located 50 miles into the Atlantic. Populated for over 4,000 years in extreme conditions, the islanders chose to leave in 1930. Visit the abandoned village and listen to stories and folklore about the unique life on St Kilda. It’s a dual UNESCO World Heritage Site, a National Nature reserve, and seabird sanctuary without parallel in Europe that is home to nearly one million seabirds.
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    1. Stac a' Chaisteal
      Stac a' Chaisteal

      Address

      Garenin, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9AL

      Isle Of Lewis

      Stac a' Chaisteal is is a dramatic, pinnacle shaped stack, surmounted by a plateau complete with what has clearly been a substantial building, joined to the adjacent cliffs by a knife edge of rock. The stack is too dangerous to access.

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    2. Lews Castle Stoprnoway
      Lews Castle

      Address

      Castle Grounds, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0XR

      Isle of Lewis

      Built in 1847, by Sir James Matheson, following his purchase of the Isle of Lewis.

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    3. Teampall na Trionaid by Anne Burgess
      Teampull Na Trionaid

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

      Isle Of North Uist

      Ruins of a Medival early church, Teampull Na Trionaid, can be found in the village of Cairinish.

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    4. St Clements Church (Tur Chliamainn)

      Address

      Rodel, Isle Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, HS5 3TW

      Isle Of Harris

      This is the largest and most splendid medieval church in the Outer Hebrides. NG 048 832

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    5. Teampull Mhoire

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      Nunton, Isle Of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, HS7 5LU

      Isle Of Benbecula

      Ruined Chapel dating back to the 16th Century

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    6. Giant Macaskill Monument

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

      Isle Of North Uist

      Giant Mackaskill Monument is located ti the South of Berneray.

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    7. Seol an Iolaire installation, Stornoway
      Sheòl an Iolaire

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      STORNOWAY, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS1 2DU

      Isle of Lewis

      While the sea brought has wealth and power to the Outer Hebrides over the centuries, it has also brought tragedy.

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    8. Clach Ghlas

      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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    9. Coir Fhinn Chambered Cairn

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

      Isle Of Harris

      Remains of chambered cairn

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    10. Morsgail
      Peter May's Lewis Thrillers - Beehive Dwellings and Disappearing Loch

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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.

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    11. Dun Mhulan

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      Bornish, Isle Of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5SA

      Isle Of South Uist

      The broch of Dùn Mhulan was inhabited during the Iron Age. This large tower-like house was built around 150 BC, originally on an island within a freshwater loch, long before the open sea had broken through.

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    12. The Iron age Wheelhouse at Kilpheder, South Uist by Frances Watts
      Kilpheder (Cille Pheadair) Wheelhouse

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      Kilpheder, Isle Of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, HS8 5TB

      Isle Of South Uist

      A well-preserved aisled wheelhouse was excavated in 1952 in the machair at Kilpheder (Cille Pheadair).

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    13. An Suileachan

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      Reef, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 9HX

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      01851 672479

      Isle Of Lewis

      Public Art structure by artists Marian Leven and Will Maclean that reflects local, historical events which started in the late 19th century and which are on-going into the 21st century.

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    14. Dunasbroc
      Dunasbroc

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      South Dell, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0SP

      Isle Of Lewis

      This is a small, steep-sided, conical stack situated close to shore near Aird Dell. It is c 20m tall with a flat summit platform measuring only c 6 by 15m and can be seen from the adjacent coast.

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    15. Northton Temple (Rubh' an Teampaill)

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      Northton, Isle Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, HS3 3JA

      Isle Of Harris

      This area, from the township of Taobh Tuath to the headland of Rubh' an Teampaill, has numerous sites of archaeological significance.

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    16. Teampull Chaluim Chille

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      Balivanich, Isle Of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, HS7 5LA

      contact@teampull.info

      Isle Of Benbecula

      Ruins of Teampull Chaluim Chille to the east of Balivanich.

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    17. Mosaic Mackerel at Lochmaddy by Oliver Dixon
      Mosiac Mackerel

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      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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    18. Dursainean Chambered Cairn interpretation board
      Dursainean Chambered Cairn

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      Garrabost, Isle Of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS2 0PN

      Isle Of Lewis

      This communal burial tomb would have been an important highly visible monument of the first farming people who lived in the peninsula of An Rubha in the Neolithic period.

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