North Uist
North Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Tuath) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
| North Uist | |
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| Location
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| OS grid reference: | NF835697 |
| Coordinates: | 57°36′00″N 7°19′59″W / 57.6°N 7.333°WCoordinates: 57°36′00″N 7°19′59″W / 57.6°N 7.333°W |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: |  Uibhist a Tuath (info • help)
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| Meaning of name: | From "inni-vist", Old Norse for "dwelling" |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 30,305 hectares (117 sq mi) |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 10 |
| Highest elevation: | Eaval 1,138 ft (347 m) |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 1,271 |
| Population rank (inhabited Scottish islands): | 11 out of 97 |
| Main settlement: | Lochmaddy |
| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Uists and Barra |
| Local Authority: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
 
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| References: | [1][2][3][4][5] |
North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island,[1] and the thirteenth largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has an area of 117 square miles (303 km2),[2] slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula via Grimsay, to Berneray, and to Baleshare.
With the exception of the south east, the island is very flat, and covered with a patchwork of peat bogs, low hills and lochs, with more than half the land being covered by water. Some of the lochs contain a mixture of fresh and tidal salt water, giving rise to some complex and unusual habitats.
Loch Sgadabhagh is the largest loch by area on North Uist but Loch Obisary has about twice the volume of water.[6] The northern part of the island is part of the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[7]
North Uist Media
The remains of Pobull Fhinn stone circle
Barpa Langass Langass Barp is the best preserved, best known and most visited chambered cairn in the Uists. I approached it, not from the car park, but from the top of the hill in the opposite direction. This offered me the chance to appreciate the fine view enjoyed by the builders of this large cairn.
The ruins of Teampull na Trionaid, an Augustinian nunnery and "college of learning" at Carinish said, in the Red Book of Clanranald, to have been founded by Bethóc, daughter of Somerled, and rebuilt and enlarged by Amy of Garmoran, after her divorce from John of Islay, Lord of the Isles.
View over western North Uist
sea foam in North West North Uist
View over northern North Uist
Traditional cottage on Uist
The Battlefield at Carinish[8]
View over southern North Uist
Kelp on the coast of North Uist
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haswell-Smith, Hamish 2004.The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map [map].
- ↑ Munch & Goss, ed. (1874). "The Chronicles of Mann vol 22". Isle of Man: Manx Society. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga (1910). "A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic". Germanic Lexicon Project. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ↑ Murray and Pullar (1908) "Lochs of North Uist"[dead link] Pages 188-89, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ↑ "National Scenic Areas" Archived 2017-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
- ↑ thumb