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    of Scotland Called Hybrides of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one island of Ywst (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island'...
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    Uist is a group of six islands that are part of the Outer Hebridean Archipelago, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist and South...
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  • has attracted much tourism. It lies within the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland which are defined...
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    Harris respectively, Baleshare and Berneray are linked to North Uist, Eriskay to South Uist, Flodaigh, Fraoch-eilean and the southern Grimsay to Benbecula...
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    an archipelago whose major islands are Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. Lewis and Harris has an area of 2,178.98 square...
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    inhabited. The main inhabited islands include Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. A complication is that there are various descriptions...
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    Lingeigh is an uninhabited island off North Uist, south east of Boreray. It is separated from North Uist by Traigh Lingeigh. Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003)...
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    kilometres) west-northwest of North Uist, and the uninhabited islet Rockall, which is 230 miles (370 kilometres) west of North Uist. The Vikings arrived in...
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    South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ ə ˈtʲes̪] ; Scots: Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At...
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    Benbecula Berneray, North Uist Eriskay Flannan Isles Great Bernera Harris Isle of Lewis North Uist Rockall Scalpay, Outer Hebrides South Uist St Kilda, Scotland...
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  • the "Uig Triangle" routes linking Tarbert in Harris and Lochmaddy in North Uist with Uig in Skye. A contract to build two ferries, MV Isle of Islay and...
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    (South Uist) Lochmaddy (North Uist) Lower Breakish (Skye) Luib (Skye) Luskentyre (Harris) Milovaig (Skye) Mugeary (Skye) Newtonferry (North Uist) Northbay...
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    Heisgeir, pronounced [(elan)ˈheʃkʲəɾʲ] ), are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands are not to be confused...
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  • (Sutherland) Loch Arnish (Raasay) Loch Aulasary (North Uist) Loch Barraglom (Lewis) Loch Bay (Skye) Bays Loch (North Uist) Loch Beacravik (Harris) Loch Beag (Argyll)...
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    islands (Lewis, Harris, North Uist) have been predominantly Presbyterian, and those of the southern islands (Benbecula, South Uist, Barra) predominantly...
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  • the Sound of Harris, between Harris and North Uist Pabbay, Loch Baghasdail, in Loch Baghasdail, off South Uist Papey Pabay Papa, Scotland This disambiguation...
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  • English literature and History. In 1960, his father bought the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides from the Duke of Hamilton, and he grew up there...
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    the 30 merklands of Skirbough in South Uist, the 12 merklands of Benbecula, and the 60 merklands of North Uist. It also appears the Hugh of Sleat additionally...
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    of North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist (they are three distinct islands but connected by a causeway) and Barra, just to the south of South Uist. Lewis...
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    Benbecula (category Uist islands)
    west to east and a similar distance from north to south. It lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist and is connected to both by road causeways...
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  • isle of the Outer Hebrides (also known as Berneray) Berneray (North Uist), near North Uist. Under the parish of Harris and owned as part of the Bays of...
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    South Lewis, Harris and North Uist is a large national scenic area (NSA) in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which...
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    Rockall (category Islands of the North Atlantic Ocean)
    nautical miles) south of Iceland. The nearest permanently inhabited place is North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, 370 kilometres (230 mi;...
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  • single croft, lying 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The north of the island is hilly and dominated by Mullach...
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  • on Bernera, one at Kilcholmkill on North Uist, one at Kilcholambkille on Benbecula, and one at Howmore on South Uist. Norsemen began raiding the Hebrides...
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    Andy and Maggie were invited to unveil a life-size statue of Hercules on North Uist. A documentary, Hercules the Human Bear, aired on Channel 5 (UK) on 3...
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    and the adjacent islands of North Uist, South Uist and several smaller islands. Balivanich is within the parish of South Uist. The name meaning "town of...
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    Lochmaddy (category Villages on North Uist)
    [l̪ˠɔx nə ˈmat̪əɣ], "Loch of the Hounds") is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Na Madaidhean (the wolves/hounds) are...
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  • South-west (30m) Orasaigh (grid reference NF825435) North-east Orosay (grid reference NF715065) North (38 m) Orasaigh (grid reference NL645975) Castlebay...
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  • Boreray may refer to: An island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland: Boreray, North Uist Boreray, St Kilda A domesticated animal: Boreray sheep This disambiguation...
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