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The Best Attractions In Isle of Harris

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Harris is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which is the former postal county and the current post town for Royal Mail postcodes starting HS3 or HS5; see HS postcode area. St Kilda, an uninhabited small archipelago, is considered part of the civil parish of Harris. It is located 40 miles west-northwest of North Uist. The same is true for the remote uninhabited rock islet Rockall, which is 230 miles west of North Uist.
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The Best Attractions In Isle of Harris

  • 1. Luskentyre Isle Of Harris
    Luskentyre is a sparse settlement on the west coast of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Luskentyre is situated within the parish of Harris. The name Luskentyre derives from Lios-cinn-tir, meaning 'headland fort', although there is no trace or local knowledge of a fort at the headland. However, the headland contains the site of an old part of Luskentyre Cemetery. Luskentyre Beach has been voted Britain's best beach. Luskentyre is accessible from the A859, via a minor road.Wildlife in the area includes the common scoter, the velvet scoter, the Eider duck, the wigeon, the long-tailed duck, the red-breasted merganser, the great northern diver and the Slavonian grebe.
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  • 2. St Clement's Church Isle Of Harris
    St Clement's Church is a late fifteenth-century or early sixteenth-century church in Rodel, Harris, Scotland, built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris. It is dedicated to Pope Clement I. It is sometimes known as Eaglais Roghadail or Rodal Church.
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  • 3. The Harris Tweed Company Grosebay Grosebay
    Harris is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which is the former postal county and the current post town for Royal Mail postcodes starting HS3 or HS5; see HS postcode area. St Kilda, an uninhabited small archipelago, is considered part of the civil parish of Harris. It is located 40 miles west-northwest of North Uist. The same is true for the remote uninhabited rock islet Rockall, which is 230 miles west of North Uist.
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  • 6. Huisinis Beach Isle Of Harris
    Huisinish or Hushinish is a remote place on the west coast of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the end of a 12 mile long single track B road. The settlement of only four houses overlooking a white sand beach with views to the Atlantic. Nearby, and to the north, lies the uninhabited island of Scarp, the location of an experimental rocket postal service in the 1930s. The name Hushinish is derived from Old Norse and means house headland.
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  • 7. Harris Tweed Isle of Harris Isle Of Harris
    Harris is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which is the former postal county and the current post town for Royal Mail postcodes starting HS3 or HS5; see HS postcode area. St Kilda, an uninhabited small archipelago, is considered part of the civil parish of Harris. It is located 40 miles west-northwest of North Uist. The same is true for the remote uninhabited rock islet Rockall, which is 230 miles west of North Uist.
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  • 14. Sea Harris Isle Of Harris
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