Uist ( or ) or The Uists (Scots Gaelic: Uibhist [ˈɯ.ɪʃtʲ]) are the central group o islands in the Ooter Hebrides o Scotland.
North Uist an Sooth Uist are linkit bi causeweys runnin via Benbecula an Grimsay, an the entire group is sometimes kent as the Uists.
Frae sooth tae north, the inhabitit islands in the Uist group are Èirisgeigh (Eriskay), Uibhist a Deas (South Uist), Grimsay (Sooth), Beinn nam Faoghla (Benbecula), Eilean Fhlodaigh (Flodaigh), Griomasaigh (Grimsay (North)), Fraoch-eilean, Uibhist a Tuath (North Uist), Am Baile Sear (Baleshare) an Beàrnaraigh (Berneray).
Major dounsets[eedit | eedit soorce]
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV
Hebrides leaving Lochmaddy, North Uist en route for Skye
The main dounsets in the Uists are:
Sooth Uist[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Dalabrog (Daliburgh)
- Loch Baghasdail (Lochboisdale)
- Snaoishabhal (Snishvale)
- Iochdar (Eochar)
- Pollochar (Polochar)
- Eirisgeidh (Eriskay)
Benbecula[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Baile a' Mhanaich (Balivanich)
- Creag Ghoraidh (Creagorry)
- Lioniclate (Liniclate)
North Uist[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Càirinis (Carinish)
- Ceann a' Bhàigh (Bayhead)
- Solas (Sollas)
- Loch nam Madadh (Lochmaddy)
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
Monro, Sir Donald (1549) Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. William Auld. Edinburgh - 1774 edeetion.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Panoramas o Uist (QuickTime required)
- Archaeology of Uist - kite aerial photografie
- Local Site Dedicatit tae Uist
See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Leet o Ooter Hebrides
- Còmhla-bhigein
- Force-fire
Coordinates: 57°26′46″N 7°19′12″W / 57.446°N 7.320°W / 57.446; -7.320
Islands o Scotland |
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Geografie |
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| Northren Isles |
- Shetland
- Leet o Shetland islands
- Orkney
- Leet o Orkney islands
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| Hebrides |
- Ooter Hebrides
- Leet o Ooter Hebrides
- Inner Hebrides
- Leet o Inner Hebrides
- St Kilda
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| Ither |
- Islands o the Clyde
- Islands o the Forth
- Ootlyin Islands
- Freshwatter Islands
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Prehistory |
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| Prehistoric Orkney |
- Heart o Neolithic Orkney Warld Heritage Steid:
- Maeshowe
- Ness o Brodgar
- Ring o Brodgar
- Skara Brae
- Staundin Stanes o Stenness
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| Prehistoric Shetland |
- Crucible o Airn Age Shetland:
- Broch of Mousa
- Jarlshof
- Old Scatness
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| Prehistoric Wastren Isles |
- Callanish Stanes
- Dun Carloway
- Rubha an Dùnain
- Dun Nosebridge
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History |
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| Dal Riata | |
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| Kinrick o the Isles |
- Scandinavian Scotland
- Rulers o the Kinrick o the Isles
- Bishop o the Isles
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| Earldom o Orkney |
- Buckquoy spindle-whorl
- Udal law
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| 18t an 19t Century |
- Clearances
- Jacobite rebellions
- Flora MacDonald
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| Leeteratur |
- Orkneyinga Saga
- Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Monro)
- A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Martin)
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Johnson)
- The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Boswell)
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Etymology |
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| General |
- Scottish island names
- Northren Isles
- Hebrides
- Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
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| Specific |
- Arran
- Gigha
- Skye
- St Kilda
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Economy |
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| Touns |
- Kirkwall
- Lerwick
- Rothesay
- Stornoway
- Stromness
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| Agencies |
- Crofters Commission
- Community Energy Scotland
- DTA Scotland
- Highlands an Islands Enterprise
- Scottish Islands Federation
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| Ile industry | |
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Cultur |
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| Shetland |
- Aly Bain
- Thomas Fraser
- Peerie Willie Johnson
- Shetland Amenity Trust
- Up Helly Aa
- Vagaland
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| Orkney |
- George Mackay Brown
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Kirkwall Ba game
- F. Marian McNeill
- Orkney Heritage Society
- St Magnus Festival
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| Ooter Hebrides |
- Compton Mackenzie
- Fèis Bharraigh
- Free Kirk o Scotland
- Iain Crichton Smith
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| Inner Hebrides |
- Islay whisky
- Runrig
- Sorley MacLean
- West Highland Free Press
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Politics |
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| Local authorities |
- Shetland Islands Cooncil
- Orkney Islands Cooncil
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Highland Cooncil
- Argyll an Bute
- North Ayrshire
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| Servin MSPs |
- Tavish Scott
- Liam McArthur
- Alasdair Allan
- Dave Thompson
- Mike Russell
- Kenny Gibson
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| Servin MPs |
- Alistair Carmichael
- Angus MacNeil
- Charles Kennedy
- Alan Reid
- Katy Clark
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| Ither |
- Jack McConnell
- George Robertson
- Jim Wallace
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Wildlife |
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| Fauna |
- Fair Isle Wren
- Orkney Vole
- St Kilda Field Mouse
- St Kilda Wren
- Shetland Wren
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| Flora |
- Arran Whitebeams
- Scottish Primrose
- Shetland Mouse-ear
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| Domesticated animals |
- Cairn Terrier
- Eriskay Pony
- Luing Cattle
- Hebridean Blackface
- North Ronaldsay Sheep
- Scottie
- Shetland Cattle
- Shetland Goose
- Shetland Pony
- Shetland Sheep
- Sheltie
- Soay Sheep
- Westie
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Geology |
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| Shetland | |
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| Geology o Orkney |
- Orcadian Basin
- Eday Group
- Yesnaby Sandstone Group
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| Hebrides |
- Colonsay Group
- Great Estuarine Group
- Hebridean Terrane
- Lewisian complex
- Lorne plateau lavas
- Moine Supergroup
- Moine Thrust Belt
- Rhinns complex
- Skye
- Staffa
- Torridonian
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| Islands o the Clyde | |
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